Education Minister Jason Clare says it's "disappointing" that Laos hasn't accepted the help of Australian investigators. Follow live.

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Thai and Lao suspects arrested in Nakhon Ratchasima for smuggling 400,000 meth pills worth 6 million baht. Sting operation ...

Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Laos, Mr Vladimir A. Kalinin (​fourth left ), takes part in a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the upgrade of Mittaphab Hospital.

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To transform Laos into a reasonable facsimile of a functioning ... Thus when a handful of creaky Laotian tanks rumbled through Vientiane as symbols of an army coup, the four Western ambassadors ...

The Laos, Philippine, and Indonesian districts ... blending traditional symbols such as Zhuang brocade and bronze drum patterns with local culture to create a distinct commercial area offering ...

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