Vietnamese private company grants US$2 million scholarship to Laos !

Date: Nov 13, 2008

Vietnamese private company grants US$2 million scholarship to Laos !

Lan_Xang · Guru

Anonymous wrote:

Vietnamese private company grants US$2 million scholarship

(KPL) The Sai Ngon Investment Group of Vietnam on 10 November, Ha Noi University, granted 110 scholarships worth US$2 million to Lao Government.

Thank you lai lai der !!!

Why is the add banner for MANTRAV on your post?
How is the gay tourism company relate to this topic?

-- Edited by Lan_Xang at 21:44, 2008-11-13

Date: Nov 13, 2008

Thank you very much. I wonder how many of real Lao students get to attend?

Lan_Xang · Guru

Anonymous wrote:

Thank you very much. I wonder how many of real Lao students get to attend?

THANK YOU?

I don't want any gay tourism company promoting their hidden gay agenda on Lao students.

Date: Nov 14, 2008

Lan Xang,

You are very funny and smart too.

Date: Nov 14, 2008

He is not funny and he's not smart either.

Date: Nov 14, 2008

You think you are. I don't think so. I think you are dumbfukc.

Anonymous wrote:

He is not funny and he's not smart either.

Date: Nov 25, 2008

Yes it is also good to know what others think abou us. Read this short article below:

Vietnam has a strong influence on Lao

Such competing leadership has emerged at a time when the country is transforming its foreign policy to cope with the new regional environment.

Laos is a small country located amid historic enemies and regional hegemons. It embraced isolationism under the communist regime that has ruled the country since 1975. The reclusive policy has, however, led to economic stagnation—80 per cent of its 5.9 million people still live by subsistence farming. Laos is currently ranked 133rd in the United Nation's 2006 Human Development Index of 177 countries, re-confirming its status as one of the poorest countries in Asia.

Traditionally, Laos found its security in close ties with Vietnam. Their "special relationship" can be traced back to the 1930s when the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and the Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) were fighting together against the French for their independence. These intimate links enabled Vietnam to exercise a controlling influence over the Lao communist movement, and put a strain on Lao-Chinese relations, particularly after Vientiane supported Hanoi's occupation of Cambodia in 1978.

Toward the end of the Cold War, Laos sought to reduce its dependence on Vietnam and reached out to more economically advanced countries to help rejuvenate the moribund economy. After diplomatic normalisation in 1988, China overwhelmed Laos with financial and technical assistance in an attempt to pull Vientiane into its orbit. The rise of China's soft power has compelled Vietnam to revise its strategy in order to maintain its influence in Laos. This was where China and Vietnam's tug of war over Laos began.

In October this year, Nong Duc Manh, secretary-general of the Communist Party of Vietnam, paid a visit to Vientiane ostensibly to strengthen bilateral ties and to offset growing Chinese influence. He reiterated his country's contribution to the Lao economy. Statistically, their two-way trade stood at US$2.2 billion from 1999-2005. In 2005 alone, it was valued at US$165 million, up 15.4 per cent from the previous year.

Vietnam is also one of the largest investors in Laos with 69 projects worth US$500 million, and continues to facilitate the transportation of Lao goods heading to other countries.

The Vietnamese leader also highlighted the traditional bond of solidarity between the two Parties, the LPRP and the VCP, by using terms such as "the victory of the struggle for national independence" and "security and development of the two countries" in his discussions with his Lao counterpart. This linguistic precision, of historical importance, was employed to remind elderly LPRP cadres not to forget Hanoi's place in Lao policy.

Dr Pavin Chachavalpongpun

Dr Pavin Chachavalpongpun is an independent writer based in Singapore

Date: Nov 25, 2008

Is that the reason, that why we are less develop than the neighboring countries?

If so, how many more generations that lao will become rich?

Date: Nov 25, 2008

This is the topic that no one wants to discuss. Most of lao ignore this fact and that is why poltic and economic in the country has no significant improvement.

Date: Nov 26, 2008

New hydropower plants to be built in Laos

HANOI, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- New hydropower plants have been planned in Huaphan province of Laos to provide electricity for domestic demand as well as for neighboring Vietnam, the Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported on Wednesday.

Huaphan province's electricity is currently provided by small local hydropower plants and about two megawatts is imported from Vietnam annually. Only 30 percent of households in the province can have access to electricity, said provincial Energy and Mines Department Manager Bouasone Thammaly.

"Once the province can generate enough electricity to satisfy local demand, it will cut energy imports from Vietnam and even supply electricity to Vietnam by 2020," said Bouasone.

It is expected major plants will have an installed generation capacity of 600 to 800 megawatts and smaller facilities will be capable of generating seven to eight megawatts. Project investors are expected to complete all preparation studies by 2010, said Bouasone.

Laos has the potential to generate about 26,500 megawatts from hydro sources, excluding the mainstream Mekong River. Less than two percent of the country's hydropower potential has been developed over the past 30 years, according to the Energy Promotion and Development Department of Lao Ministry of Energy and Mines.

Date: Nov 26, 2008

The capacity of Vietnam’s power system needs to be doubled in the next five years to meet the requirements for power, which is estimated to grow 17% a year.

VietNamNet Bridge – It is forecast that in 2015, Vietnam will lack between 6.8-62.8 billion kWh of power and 115.2-226.2 billion kWh in 2020.

This information was released at a workshop assessing the impacts of the World Trade Organization to Vietnam’s energy industry after two-year membership, held by the Ministry of Industry and Trade last Friday.

To deal with the shortage, Vietnam will have to import power from Laos, Cambodia, and China, including around 22.4 million tones of coal by 2015.

In 2020, the country will have to import from 45-89 tonnes of coal, gas, liquefied gas, and develop wind, solar, nuclear, and biological power.

The capacity of Vietnam’s power system needs to be doubled in the next five years to meet the requirements for power, which is estimated to grow 17% a year. From now to 2015, the system needs at least 2,000MW more annually and over US $3 billion of investment capital per year.

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the investment reports for the Ninh Thuan 1 and 2 nuclear power plants will be submitted to the National Assembly next May. The first nuclear power turbine will start operating in 2020. The total capacity of nuclear power turbines will be 8,000MW in 2025.

Date: Nov 26, 2008

We are always back them up by using our natural resources.

Date: Nov 27, 2008

There are many more agreements with Vietnam, that lao government will sign. It is all about using Lao natural resourcess.

Date: Nov 27, 2008

nahhh vietnames influence over lao wil die out with the older generation. no matter how u look at it vietnam does more harm to our country then good. without us and our resources vietnam would not be where they are at today. it is very important for vietnam to try and hold onto us but i can only see us slipping further and furtehr away as the days pass. we are becoming more and more independant. and thats pretty sad how they had to resort to words such as " remember our vicotry together and how much we contributed" lame.....
im not saying i hate vietnam but theri gaining way more from our relationship they we are. vietnam does nto have many friends in the region it would do them better to respect us then to try to control the beast thats going to be unleashed no matter.

lao is on da rise like an unstopable force.

long live lao.

Date: Nov 27, 2008

Vietnam PM visits Sea Games Village in Laos.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on Sunday visited the 2009 Southeast Asian Games Village Project, which is under construction in the Lao capital of Vientiane.

Work on the 25th SEA Games athletes’ village, which is being built by Vietnam’s Hoang Anh Gia Lai Joint-Stock Company (HAGL), began on August 1.

Company Chairman Doan Nguyen Duc said, “Although the weather conditions haven’t been very favorable, almost 700 workers, 95% of whom are from Vietnam, have been working hard and have completed more than 45 percent of the work.”

“With support from the Lao government, HAGL will surely finish the project and hand it over to the Laotian organizers of the 25th SEA Games in June next year,” Duc said.

PM Dung praised HAGL workers and engineers for their efforts to complete the work on the five-hectare site.

He said because the project was of great significance to the friendship between Vietnam and Laos, the construction process should be safe and the work of high quality in order to impress the Lao people.

HAGL is sponsoring the US$19 million 25th SEA Games Village Project with $4 million in nonrefundable aid and an interest free loan of $15 million, which will be repaid within three years.

The project, which will be handed over to Laos’ National University after the sports event, will have 992 rooms in eight four-story blocks, a 1,200-seat dining room, a central hall and functional rooms. The site will also have football fields and basketball facilities.

Date: Nov 27, 2008

What do you mean by we get more independent from day to day?
and How? Does the Tiger just let the sheep walk away easily?

Think again.

Date: Dec 2, 2008

yes maybe

Date: Dec 5, 2008

reply to the rubber planatation.

this is the fact.

lao next generation will benefit from these agreements.