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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and visiting Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh on Wednesday held talks on the border demarcation for the two neighboring countries and bilateral ties.

Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh asks Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen to move closer for a photo session , while Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Japanese business group leader Fujio Mitarai of Keidanren wait, in Tokyo yesterday The leaders are ...

Japan will join five Southeast Asian nations that share the Mekong River in a 10-year program to protect the regiona s environment, as Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama seeks closer ties with Asia.

About 200 Burmese dissidents demonstrated outside Japan's Parliament House in Tokyo on Friday, the second of three planned protests against Burma's military government during a visit by Prime Minster Gen Thein Sein who arrived in the Japanese capital on Thursday to attend the first Mekong-Japan Summit.

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, fifth from left, link hands with ASEAN leaders during group shot before the ASEAN-Japan meeting at the 15th Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, in Cha-am of Hua Hin district, south of Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, Oct.

In terms of human rights, Malaysia has one of the highest levels of awareness among the 10 Asean countries, said Datuk Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, Malaysia's representative to the Asean Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights .

Following is the translated version of the full text of Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang's speech delivered Tuesday at the opening ceremony of the sixth China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit in the south China city of Nanning.

Chinese Vice Premier Li Keqiang meets with Laos' Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh at the Nanning International Convention and Exhibition Center in Nanning, capital of southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on Oct.

Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh urged local officials to work harder to tackle opium poppy cultivation and other drug-related issues, Lao newspaper the Vientiane Times reported Wednesday.

Lao Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh urged government officials to keep a close watch on the impacts of the global economic recession on Laos, the Lao newspaper Vientiane Times reported Thursday.

Business people will find it simpler to import goods to Laos if a new prime ministerial decree on import procedures is enforced.

Communist Laos, buffeted by the global economic crisis, considers revising its foreign investment law to attract more companies to the country, radio reports said Monday.

CEOs and political leaders from the region discussed how to enhance economic relations during the Asean-Korea CEO Summit at the International Convention Center on Jeju Island.

Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh has urged everyone in Laos to protect forests and plant more trees as he delivers a message to mark World Environment Day today.

Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan and top army leaders made an official visit to Laos on Thursday morning to strengthen bilateral ties and discuss refugee issues.

Southeast Asian countries want to help bring North Korea back to denuclearization talks and think a regional security gathering they will host this summer can play a positive role, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Monday.

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak speaks as Myanmar Prime Minister Thein Sein, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, Laos Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh and chairman of Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sohn Kyung-shik listen during the opening ceremony of the CEO Summit at the International ...

Laos, a landlocked country with the smallest economy in Southeast Asia, plans to sell its first foreign currency-denominated bonds to fund electricity projects.

Despite Loas' development challenges, local civil society activities are limited.

The communist authorities in Laos, one of Asia's poorest nations, have signed a decree to allow local non-governmental organisations for the first time, foreign aid agencies said on Monday.