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Troubled road project along Lao-Cambodian border rolls on
Work by military engineers on a contentious road skirting Cambodia’s border with Laos – which has prompted a military stand-off in the area – has quietly resumed, local officials say, even as run-ins between Cambodian and Lao military patrols in the disputed area have further heightened tensions.
— The Phnom Penh Post

Pi Mai Lao Summer Storm Forecast
The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology forecast on April 10 that a new summer storm is expected to enter the country from April 12 to 16.
— Lao News Agency

Vientiane Discusses Mobilising Community Participation in Dengue Prevention
The Vientiane Capital Health Department (VHD) last Thursday held a discussion on mobilising community participation in dengue fever prevention and control in Vientiane Capital.
— Lao News Agency

Laos-China Railway Tunnel Boring Kicks Off
An opening ceremony for tunnel boring for the Laos-China railway project was held as construction began last week in Xay district, Oudomxay province.
— Lao News Agency

Vientiane Launches Road Safety Campaign
The Vientiane Police Traffic Department, in collaboration with Honda New Chip Xeng Co., Ltd, launched a road safety campaign on April 11 to prevent road accidents during Pi Mai Lao – often a deadly time of year.
— Lao News Agency

How the Hmong-CIA alliance shaped government policies today
The war in Laos (1961-1975) brought the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency and Hmong together as allies when the agency engaged the Hmong to fight the North Vietnamese and the Communist Pathet Lao.
— Madison.com

*Lao Morning news is restricted in content today due to the Lao New Year, called Songkran (Lao: ສົງກຣານ, [sǒŋkràːn]) or Pii Mai holidays

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