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Patuxai ( Lao: ປະຕູໄຊ; literally Victory Gate or Gate of Triumph, formerly the Anousavary or Anosavari Monument, known by the French as Monument Aux Morts) is a war monument in Downtown Vientiane, Laos, built between 1957 and 1968. The Patuxai was dedicated to those who fought in the struggle for independence from France.
The Vientiane Times is a bilingual English and Lao newspaper, published daily in Vientiane, Laos. Established in 1994 as a weekly, the paper was started by an agency, Lao Press in Foreign Languages, under the Ministry of Information and Culture. [1] It went to twice per week in 1996 and daily in 2004. [1] It runs to 16 pages. [citation needed]
Vientiane was the administrative capital during French rule and, due to economic growth in recent times, is now the economic center of Laos. The city had a population of 1,001,477 as of the 2023 Census. Vientiane is the home of the most significant national monuments such as Pha That Luang, a national symbol of Laos and an icon of Buddhism in Laos.
The presidents of a wide-ranging group of 13 universities are elevating free speech on their campuses this academic year, as part of a new nonprofit initiative announced Tuesday to combat what ...
Nationality. American. Occupation. Business and NGO consultant, lecturer, former diplomat. Douglas Alan Hartwick (born 1950) [1] is a business and NGO consultant, lecturer, and former senior U.S. diplomat and U.S. ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of Laos (2001–2004). Hartwick was born in Miles City, Montana in July 1950.
The 11th Central Committee was elected at the 11th National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party on 15 January 2021, and is composed of 71 ordinary members and ten substitutes. [1] As an institution, the Central Committee is the party's highest decision-making body between convocations of the National Congress, which convenes every ...
May 13, 2024 at 1:14 PM. By Mrinalika Roy. (Reuters) - The U.S. pot sector could see an influx of medical research funding from healthcare investors amid renewed interest from pharmaceutical firms ...
Then, in 2022, New Mexico made child care free for nearly all the state’s families, amending the constitution to fund early childhood initiatives with money from leasing state land to oil and ...