Laos will continue to make efforts to enhance Laos-China friendship.

老挝国会将为增进老中友谊继续作出努力。

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In a submission to the Mekong river commission (MRC) on Wednesday, Laos said it wants to build a 1.26GW-hydropower plant at Sayabouly in northern Laos to generate foreign exchange income.

在周三向湄公河委员会（MRC）提交的报告中，老挝称其需要在北部赛耶武里省建筑一座1.26亿瓦的水电站以创造外汇收入。

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On paper, the Laos-Thailand route is more direct, but it is also far more mountainous, with 190 kilometres (120 miles) of tunnels in Laos and countless bridges.

名义上老挝-泰国这条线路更近一些，但实际上途中要翻越更多的山陵，需要在老挝修建190公里（120英里）的隧道还有数不清的桥梁。

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In Vietnam,Laos,and Cambodia conservationists estimate hunting and poaching have reduced tiger numbers to fewer than 30 in each country.

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And,I think it's going to be good for the region." The ten members of ASEAN are Brunei, Burma,Cambodia,Indonesia,Laos, Malaysia,the Philippines, Singapore,Thailand,and Vietnam.

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But fisheries experts say plans by Cambodia,Laos and Thailand to build hydropower dams on the Mekong would block fish migration, threatening already endangered species.

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But aid workers in Laos query how long such a policy can be sustained, given that alternative crops often provide miserly returns from uncertain markets, not least because of Laos's appalling infrastructure.

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The Vietnam War ended 40 years ago, but reminders are still everywhere in Laos.

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The commercial center of southern Laos, Pakse, is busy, noisy and on a charm level with maybe Secaucus.

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