Le Viêt Nam, aujourd'hui

BANGKOK - Lao Airlines last week launched a three weekly service to Danang in central Vietnam, the first link from the landlocked nation to the seaside resorts of Danang and Hoi An.

HANOI — Vietnam has apparently dropped its objections to a dam that Laos is constructing on the Mekong River, saying Thursday that the neighboring country has made changes in the design to mitigate any negative downstream impact.

Le Laos va entamer cette semaine la construction – suspendue depuis un an et demi – d'un barrage controversé sur le Mékong, a indiqué un ministre, lundi 5 novembre, assurant que le projet avait été "adapté" pour répondre aux inquiétudes de ses voisins.

Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam, often referred to as CLMV, are looking to attract 25 million foreign tourists in 2015, up by 12.7 million against 2011.

Don't dream the Xayaburi hydropower project is over. It's not dead yet, but Laos has a long fight ahead.

The government of Laos is showing increasing determination to build the controversial Xayaburi dam on the Mekong River despite persistent objections and warnings of disastrous consequences from neighbouring countries, international donors and environmental groups.

Poursuivant sa visite d'amitié officielle au Vietnam, le secrétaire général du Parti populaire révolutionnaire du Laos (PPRL) et président du Laos, Choummaly Sayasone, et la délégation du PPRL et de l'État lao l'accompagnant, se sont rendus le 9 août à l'Institut national de politique et d'administration Hô Chi Minh.

The Cambodian rugby team flew to Vientiane yesterday ahead of tomorrow’s all-or-nothing second leg of their home-and-away series in Division V of the Asian 5 Nations against Laos, with the prestigious Mekong Cup at stake.

Bangkok - Vietnam last year imported about 500,000 cubic metres of illegally harvested timber from neighbouring Laos, feeding its billion-dollar export industry of wood products to Europe and other markets, an environmental group said Thursday.

Neighbouring rivals Cambodia and Laos are set to make rugby history this Saturday when they line up at the Old Stadium for the inaugural Mekong Cup, in association with the HSBC Asian Five Nations competition.

Savannakhet coule des jours tranquilles au bord du Mékong : la troisième ville du Laos, qui compte 124 000 habitants, est une sorte de capitale de la torpeur alanguie le long du fleuve. Son centre historique, ses demeures coloniales et son église catholique constituent les vestiges surannés de la présence française au Laos.

Plans to develop a cascade of hydropower dams on the Mekong River's mainstream in Laos have moved to front and center among Vietnam's strategic concerns.

À Vientiane, c'est à la fin de la saison sèche. La température atteint entre 400C et 420C. Pourtant, beaucoup de personnes font la queue pour pouvoir manger du pho.

WASHINGTON — Laotian and Vietnamese troops have killed four Hmong Christian women after confiscating their Bible, a US rights group said Friday, condemning growing persecutions of people for their faith in Laos.

A dam planned across the Mekong River, Southeast Asia's largest, has sparked a simmering debate between two communist-ruled countries, observers say.