Laotian News from around the world updated hourly. http://www.learn-how-to-speak.com en-us News newsManager v4.04.2961 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:17:12 CST 60 Later this month, after four years in the making, Laos' biggest hydropower plant so far, Nam Theun 2, will start producing electricity and selling almost all of it to Thailand. With this will further expand the landlocked country's reputation as the "battery" for South-East Asian nations and its novel way of earning money for its development. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522laos%2522/SIG=12jb31le5/%2Ahttp%253A//www.business-standard.com/india/news/barun-roy-laos-powers-ahead/388150/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:11:25 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522laos%2522/SIG=12jb31le5/%2Ahttp%253A//www.business-standard.com/india/news/barun-roy-laos-powers-ahead/388150/ WASHINGTON - A California congressman has joined human rights activists in voicing concern over the treatment of ethnic Hmong deported by Thailand late last year to their native Laos and now being confined in isolated villages inaccessible to international news media and rights groups. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522lao%2522/SIG=135kj36cq/%2Ahttp%253A//www.boulderweekly.com/article-1940-i-think-that-the-thailand-and-laos-government-are-.html Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:20:13 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522lao%2522/SIG=135kj36cq/%2Ahttp%253A//www.boulderweekly.com/article-1940-i-think-that-the-thailand-and-laos-government-are-.html A clampdown on opium producers is to be carried out in Laos' Phongsaly province, with the clandestine growing of poppies still widespread in the area. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522laos%2522/SIG=11rf0iase/%2Ahttp%253A//www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=10648%26sec=1 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:02:05 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522laos%2522/SIG=11rf0iase/%2Ahttp%253A//www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=10648%26sec=1 The Cabinet today approved the Finance Ministry's financial assistance worth Bt655 million to the Lao government. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522laos%2522/SIG=13gjjd0m5/%2Ahttp%253A//www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/03/09/business/Thailand-joins-fund-repairing-in-Laos-30124286.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:22:06 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522laos%2522/SIG=13gjjd0m5/%2Ahttp%253A//www.nationmultimedia.com/home/2010/03/09/business/Thailand-joins-fund-repairing-in-Laos-30124286.html Vientiane - Unusually low levels in Laos' waterways have put a stop to cruise-boat tourism on the Mekong River and dried up several waterfalls, media reports said Tuesday. The Mekong River - which starts in southern China's Yunnan province and winds http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522lao%2522/SIG=13ejtjkro/%2Ahttp%253A//www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/313126%2Crivers-and-waterfalls-run-dry-in-laos-tourism-affected.html Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:16:29 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522lao%2522/SIG=13ejtjkro/%2Ahttp%253A//www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/313126%2Crivers-and-waterfalls-run-dry-in-laos-tourism-affected.html The unusually low level of many rivers across Laos has resulted in reduced flow in waterfalls in several provinces, with fears it could affect long term tourism patterns. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522laos%2522/SIG=11rdnj52j/%2Ahttp%253A//www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=10624%26sec=1 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:16:29 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522laos%2522/SIG=11rdnj52j/%2Ahttp%253A//www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=10624%26sec=1 The Lao State Fuel Company, one of the largest fuel importers and distributors in Laos, may join with Japanese and South Korean companies to produce bio-diesel in Laos. Company Manager, Mr Thong Tha .. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522lao%2522/SIG=11l8eqhm0/%2Ahttp%253A//www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=10515 Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:55:10 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522lao%2522/SIG=11l8eqhm0/%2Ahttp%253A//www.asianewsnet.net/home/news.php?id=10515 Work on the first private hospital for mothers and children invested by an overseas Vietnamese family in Laos started Saturday in Vientiane. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522laos%2522/SIG=136ghp5sv/%2Ahttp%253A//vietnewsonline.vn/News/Society/Health/12940/Overseas-Vietnamese-builds-hospital-in-Laos.htm Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:34:31 CST http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/%2522laos%2522/SIG=136ghp5sv/%2Ahttp%253A//vietnewsonline.vn/News/Society/Health/12940/Overseas-Vietnamese-builds-hospital-in-Laos.htm