Laos

...as well as extensive research. When the end came in 1975, I was probably the most senior U.S. official who dealt exclusively with Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. The conclusion that the war was "unwinnable" clearly can be traced to the 1968...

In this article: United States, Southeast Asia, Viet Cong, Vietnam, North Vietnam, Indochina, Van Tien Dung, Hanoi, and Dwight D. Eisenhower

By Tim Johnston in Vientiane, Laos Published: November 20 2009 17:03 | Last updated: November 20 2009 17:03 From the window of his office in the Laotian capital Vientiane, Jeremy Bird looks down on a lazy arc of the Mekong river about...

In this article: Mekong, Climate change, Vietnam, China, and Ministry of Natural Resources

...head and neck tests. Savanhmixay said his wife, Dao, 37, Kelvin's mother, has not left her son's side. His wife's family is from Laos, and several dozen members of the extended family live in the area, he said. Few have slept since the...

In this article: Methuen High School, Acura, Whdh-tv, and University of Massachusetts at Lowell

...Indochina, a leader in Asia travel, is offering its popular Small Group Journeys to exciting destinations including Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Japan, India and Tibet at significant savings for exceptional adventures. As more travelers...

In this article: Asia, Luang Prabang, Halong Bay, and Vietnam

...some members still did not even have advanced immigration databases of their own. ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. "This is a continuing dialogue,"...

In this article: Asean, Southeast Asia, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia, and Indonesia

...Green Bay, Wisconsin. "Many of the Lao Hmong refugees escaped from human rights violations, persecution and military attacks by the Lao Army in Laos in recent years. " Mr. Vang stated further: "Three hundred and twenty-eight more heavily...

In this article: Thailand, Anupong Paochinda, Abhisit Vejjajiva, Washington, D.C., and Kevin Rudd

...bulwark against communism. ASEAN has grown up since the days of the so-called red threat. Not only are two of its members Vietnam and Laos socialist countries, but the regional bloc has transformed itself from an impoverished backwater...

In this article: Asean, Barack Obama, Southeast Asia, U.S., Indonesia, Washington, State Department, Burma, George W. Bush, and Singapore

...working with Habitat for Humanity this week to help build and repair homes along the Mekong River in Thailand, Vietnam, China, Cambodia and Laos. The homes in Cambodia are being built for families currently living in a garbage dump, the ones...

In this article: Jimmy Carter, Iran hostage crisis, Habitat for Humanity, Ronald Reagan, Chiang Mai, Iran, Delta Airlines, Vietnam, and Thailand

...Communist China." He helped insert agents into China, gathered intelligence in Hong Kong and battled against the Communist takeover in Laos. He served as ambassador to South Korea, among other posts. Mr. Lilley was involved in bureaucratic...

In this article: China, United States, Taiwan, Beijing, CIA, Asia, Fang Lizhi, and Suicide

...season. The global body is providing similar advice to organizers of next year's Expo in Shanghai, China, the Southeast Asian Games in Laos next month, and the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Trinidad at end of November.

In this article: FLU, World Cup, World Health Organization, South Africa, Trinidad, Geneva, and Shanghai