Lao Govt explains about the rumour of That Luang marsh development

Date: Feb 12, 2008

Lao Govt explains about the rumour of That Luang marsh development

Date: Feb 12, 2008

Laos own 5%? That is next to nothing.

China going to turn over the property? when? 99 years? after all the place have been run down?

Date: Feb 12, 2008

why the news not mention how long with these properties return back to Lao government properties? Hope it is not in 100 years times.

Date: Feb 12, 2008

My Lao citizens (especially in and around Vientiane),whether we like it or not,
the Chinese are coming, just like in northwestern part of Laos.

Date: Feb 12, 2008

afraid to take a risk, never get success.

you guys always said that the government is too conservative. but when they open mind to accept new step of development, you are become afraid.

if this project did by American, you would say that it is good or even fantastic, right?

in fact Laos wants to develop its economy quicky, Laos should stick with China a lot.

Date: Feb 12, 2008

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The Lao government has denied rumours that a huge property development project on the outskirts of Vientiane will become a sprawling Chinatown, home to 50,000 Chinese families, government sources said Tuesday.

Lao Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad held a press conference Monday in the capital to deny persistent reports that the That Luang property project, on the eastern outskirts of the capital, was being developed to accommodate an massive influx of Chinese immigrants into the landlocked communist country.

"There have been a lot of false rumours about this project," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Yong Chanthalangsy. "They are calling it a Chinatown. It is not a Chinatown," Yong said in a telephone interview with Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Somsavat, a former foreign minister and one of the few Lao leaders who can speak Mandarin, called the press conference to clarify the status of That Luang marsh development project which is being jointly developed by a Lao company and its Chinese partner.

"The partnership will develop the marsh and hand it over to the Lao government when the joint venture agreement comes to an end," Somsavat was quoted in the Vientiane Times.

He explained that the joint venture had been granted a concession to develop a "new township and industrial zone" in the Vientiane suburb as a means of repaying the Chinese government for financing the construction of a new sports stadium for Vientiane to host the South-East Asia Games next year.

The concession allows the joint venture to sell residential and industrial units to both Lao nationals and foreigners, including Chinese citizens.

The contract lasts for 50 years, after which it may be extended, said Somsavat. The township-cum-industrial estate will reportedly cover 1,600 hectares, 600 hectares of which will be turned into a water park.

"The labour will be recruited here, in Laos, and if necessary the company will hire some technicians from China," said Yong, who also denied rumours that many of the thousands of Chinese labourers brought in to build the sports stadium had remained in Laos.

Laos has a population of less than 6 million people.

Laos had close ties with the Soviet bloc, especially Vietnam, between 1975 to 1988, but had gradually improved its relations with China after the collapse of the Soviet Union and termination of aid from the former communist superpower. (dpa)

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Date: Feb 12, 2008

Joint venture partnership????? and lao only get 5%??????? 50,000 chinese will come to lao eat, **** ,make baby for 50 years plus take 95% ?????? DUH!! let it be?????

Date: Feb 12, 2008

And yes american will be better, why they will play fair or reasonable, not take advantaged like chinese????????

Date: Feb 12, 2008

but why don't American do it? as I remember they just came to Laos to drop the bomb. Now it is development era, American has disuppear from Lao.

and now China come to help and invest that contribute largely to the development of Laos.

Date: Feb 12, 2008

I must agree with you the comment above, I am sick and tired about people, whether they are lao in USA or anywhere in the world who always criticise and have something to say about chinese.....But as you said american came to LAO to drop, create war, do the killing but not come to LAO for construction and development. I would like to say to those critics of LAO, SHUT UP YOUR FACE. It sounds like the farse all of your nonsenses about LAO or chinese....this chinese that. Shut up. You don't even have a cent for helping LAO.

Date: Feb 12, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

but why don't American do it? as I remember they just came to Laos to drop the bomb. Now it is development era, American has disuppear from Lao.

and now China come to help and invest that contribute largely to the development of Laos.

USA came to Laos to drop bomb on poor inocent Laos people....boooohoooo. Stop the crying baby.

Hmmm.....let me see

Laos was neutral in the US-Vietnam war.
Vietcong sneak into Laos land ILLEGALLY so they can move their army as well as supply thier army in the south via this HO CHI MINH TRAIL in Laos.

Vietcong committed an act of war by putting their army in Laos soil. Laos was S-T-U-P-I-D not to declare war.

Therefore USA bomb the trail to stop the Vietcong invading Laos land.

I don't see you people are against that. Oh, no you are not because you want that since you are a communist and love communist.

I am against the old Laos regime AND I am gainst Laos current regime.

Date: Feb 12, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

I must agree with you the comment above, I am sick and tired about people, whether they are lao in USA or anywhere in the world who always criticise and have something to say about chinese.....But as you said american came to LAO to drop, create war, do the killing but not come to LAO for construction and development. I would like to say to those critics of LAO, SHUT UP YOUR FACE. It sounds like the farse all of your nonsenses about LAO or chinese....this chinese that. Shut up. You don't even have a cent for helping LAO.

China going to eat you up like they did with Tibet. Me I will stick with Thailand. We know who they are and what they trying to do and we can manage that.
China....we don't even know their intention.

Date: Feb 12, 2008

If you said you will stick with Thailand, can you point out what kind of project or development which Thailand has in Lao?. Have a look at ITECC it belongs to Tang freres, back ground chinese. Tibet and Lao are 2 different things don't mix up.

Date: Feb 12, 2008

Look like they are trying to get a "hold" on Laos, politically and economically ahead of Vietnam. So far, they are succeeding both ways.

What is the next move?... I wish I know... STAY TUNED !

Date: Feb 13, 2008

I am so sick of ****in retarded posts on this board. Posts that are assumptions, factless based, and outright ignorant.

You can tell the bright minded from the dimwitted by each post.

"but why don't American do it? as I remember they just came to Laos to drop the bomb. Now it is development era, American has disuppear from Lao."

"Joint venture partnership????? and lao only get 5%??????? 50,000 chinese will come to lao eat, **** ,make baby for 50 years plus take 95% ?????? DUH!! let it be?????"

Just die, whoever you people are. Comments like these are the result of being raised in a 30+ years of civil war-torn environment in Laos.

Date: Feb 13, 2008

We must look at our history, well compare to Thailand, have China ever burn our capitals and enslaved our people? I'm refering to Laos as a state since 1353, not the time we were as Ai Lao state.

Date: Feb 13, 2008

There are china towns all over the world, china town in USA, china town in Australia etc, there are chinese people who live in these countries but I don't see they eat up or control these countries, because I live in Australia myself. China town and chinese garden right in the centre of Sydney but Australia is still Australia.
Pauline Hanson was a racist person she used to say Australia will invaded by asians but reality asians only represent a few percent in australian population. So whatever Pauline Hanson stated to create fear and hatred is WRONG.
I don't believe it will happen to LAO either ( chinese will eat up LAO). There is no such a thing.

Date: Feb 13, 2008

f u shiit head go die this site is for people to voice their opinion who the fuk r u lao communist? or your father get money from this? and all people that said china town everywhere in the world, think how far are those country from china how far is lao?

Date: Feb 13, 2008

f u shiit head go die this site is for people to voice their opinion who the fuk r u lao communist? or your father get money from this? and all people that said china town everywhere in the world, think how far are those country from china how far is lao?

the opinion of this kind will not help. i would ask all of us to speak with respect to each other. to conduct a civilize conversation. aren't we want the betterment for our old land are we? aren't we wish to be and live in developed countries are we? if we can not talk, then how can we build ?

peace only, please would you !?

Date: Feb 13, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

There are china towns all over the world, china town in USA, china town in Australia etc, there are chinese people who live in these countries but I don't see they eat up or control these countries, because I live in Australia myself. China town and chinese garden right in the centre of Sydney but Australia is still Australia.
Pauline Hanson was a racist person she used to say Australia will invaded by asians but reality asians only represent a few percent in australian population. So whatever Pauline Hanson stated to create fear and hatred is WRONG.
I don't believe it will happen to LAO either ( chinese will eat up LAO). There is no such a thing.

Dirt poor Laos want to host ASEAN olympic. Want to build hug sport center. Got to be the big shot like other countries. What Laos don't know other countries have money and Laos don't. So they go beg Chinese to come and built it in exchange for part of Laos. So the Chinese eating up Laos little at a time.

Better start learning Chinese.

Date: Feb 13, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

f u shiit head go die this site is for people to voice their opinion who the fuk r u lao communist? or your father get money from this? and all people that said china town everywhere in the world, think how far are those country from china how far is lao?

the opinion of this kind will not help. i would ask all of us to speak with respect to each other. to conduct a civilize conversation. aren't we want the betterment for our old land are we? aren't we wish to be and live in developed countries are we? if we can not talk, then how can we build ?

peace only, please would you !?

You are forgetting these are bunch of high school kids, drop out, and immature people here. They are not capable of what you are asking.

Date: Feb 13, 2008

To begin the discussion with lot of swearing words I believe this person is an uneducated person, he sounded angry at a fairly normal view, I believe he is a bastard, from a low educated family, or maybe his parent did not know how to teach him to be a decent person. Bastard behaves the same everywhere most of the time they are rude. I believe he should piss off otherwise this site will be not civilise. MALAKA

Date: Feb 13, 2008

Yes, please don't use swear words. Lao people the best people money can buy.

Date: Feb 14, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

f u shiit head go die this site is for people to voice their opinion who the fuk r u lao communist? or your father get money from this? and all people that said china town everywhere in the world, think how far are those country from china how far is lao?

Anonymous wrote:

Dirt poor Laos want to host ASEAN olympic. Want to build hug sport center. Got to be the big shot like other countries. What Laos don't know other countries have money and Laos don't. So they go beg Chinese to come and built it in exchange for part of Laos. So the Chinese eating up Laos little at a time.

Better start learning Chinese.

Again, my claim of ignorant and outright stupid comments and posts still stand. The sad thing is that I only pointed this out, some of you people actually showed the rest of us how right I am.

How can anything be civilized in such a discussion when immediately posts come from every corner of the world from Lao people everywhere voicing such uneducated spat.

I am sure if this site required people to register to post, we'd have less of this ignorance.

I 100% totally agree with the person that said the people complain and whine about how conservative the Lao government is, and when they finally open up and do something, they get negative comments thrown at them.

I see this project as a good thing. Its taking land, 100% unused by anyone, and turning it into something good. In my mind, if you have something un-used, and most likely will never be developed (because truth be told, Lao people can't do anything right can they?) then why not sell it for an investment.

My favorite part of the whole article is this: "He said that Laos would benefit from the project because it would have a new urban development without having to seek a loan to carry out the work itself."

Honestly, this should be an awakening for the Laotian citizens living in Laos. It should say to them "Hey, why not contribute to the motherland before someone else does? Why not develop a plot of land so that it can be Lao made, Lao built, and Lao owned?"

Date: Feb 15, 2008

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Date: Feb 15, 2008

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

f u shiit head go die this site is for people to voice their opinion who the fuk r u lao communist? or your father get money from this? and all people that said china town everywhere in the world, think how far are those country from china how far is lao?

Anonymous wrote:
Dirt poor Laos want to host ASEAN olympic. Want to build hug sport center. Got to be the big shot like other countries. What Laos don't know other countries have money and Laos don't. So they go beg Chinese to come and built it in exchange for part of Laos. So the Chinese eating up Laos little at a time.

Better start learning Chinese.

Again, my claim of ignorant and outright stupid comments and posts still stand. The sad thing is that I only pointed this out, some of you people actually showed the rest of us how right I am.

How can anything be civilized in such a discussion when immediately posts come from every corner of the world from Lao people everywhere voicing such uneducated spat.

I am sure if this site required people to register to post, we'd have less of this ignorance.

I 100% totally agree with the person that said the people complain and whine about how conservative the Lao government is, and when they finally open up and do something, they get negative comments thrown at them.

I see this project as a good thing. Its taking land, 100% unused by anyone, and turning it into something good. In my mind, if you have something un-used, and most likely will never be developed (because truth be told, Lao people can't do anything right can they?) then why not sell it for an investment.

My favorite part of the whole article is this: "He said that Laos would benefit from the project because it would have a new urban development without having to seek a loan to carry out the work itself."

Honestly, this should be an awakening for the Laotian citizens living in Laos. It should say to them "Hey, why not contribute to the motherland before someone else does? Why not develop a plot of land so that it can be Lao made, Lao built, and Lao owned?"

Criticism was part of living in democracy. Unfortunately Lao is not a democracy country. So please stop give negative comment to our Government.
You like it or not just keep it with yourself. I don't want to hear your point of view. Just shut up

Date: Feb 15, 2008

Duh!

Date: Feb 15, 2008

what's R.D.P.L Stand for than isn't D for democratic?

Date: Feb 15, 2008

View #12 i think this site is created for lao all over the words to voice their opinion some will be good some will be bad , that the beauty of internet tech . today if you don't like it don't come in or shut up yousself?

Date: Feb 18, 2008

Every people can own the property there! BUT MOST OF THE RICH IN LAOS IS CHINESE, VIETNAMESE OR THAI. So....???