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  Lao, Vietnam governments join hands to build irrigation system
  
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  Pakse International Airport expansion now 30 percent complete
  
  Pakse International Airport is undergoing another expansion to accommodate...
  
  Upgrade of National Highway 22 on track for completion by mid-2026
  
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- Japan’s lower house formally dissolved for Feb 8 election
  
  Japan's House of Representatives was formally dissolved on Friday...
  
  To Lam re-elected Vietnam’s communist party chief
  
  HANOI - To Lam has been re-elected general secretary...
  
  Trump touts ‘massive’ US forces heading toward Iran
  
  WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Thursday that...
  
  WSJ: White House considers full withdrawal of US troops from Syria
  
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  DAVOS, Switzerland/GAZA/BRUSSELS/LONDON/MOSCOW/JERUSALEM -formally launched his so-called "Board of Peace"...
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- Value of Laos-Vietnam trade soars to almost US$3 billion
  
  The value of trade between Laos and Vietnam reached...
  
  Lao, Vietnam governments join hands to build irrigation system
  
  The governments of Laos and Vietnam have joined hands...
  
  Pakse International Airport expansion now 30 percent complete
  
  Pakse International Airport is undergoing another expansion to accommodate...
  
  Upgrade of National Highway 22 on track for completion by mid-2026
  
  Repairs to National Highway No. 22, a key transport...
  
  Laos named among world’s cheapest travel destinations
  
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- Value of Laos-Vietnam trade soars to almost US$3 billion
  
  The value of trade between Laos and Vietnam reached...
  
  Lao, Vietnam governments join hands to build irrigation system
  
  The governments of Laos and Vietnam have joined hands...
  
  Pakse International Airport expansion now 30 percent complete
  
  Pakse International Airport is undergoing another expansion to accommodate...
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- President extends New Year greetings, calls for national unity
  
  Secretary General of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party and...
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Japan’s lower house formally dissolved for Feb 8 election

Japan's House of Representatives was formally dissolved...

To Lam re-elected Vietnam’s communist party chief

HANOI - To Lam has been re-elected...

Trump touts ‘massive’ US forces heading toward Iran

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said...

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Japan’s lower house formally dissolved for Feb 8 election

Japan's House of Representatives was formally dissolved on Friday at the outset of the ordinary parliamentary session, with a general election set for Feb 8.The official campaign will start...

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To Lam re-elected Vietnam’s communist party chief

HANOI - To Lam has been re-elected general secretary of the Communist Party of...

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Trump touts ‘massive’ US forces heading toward Iran

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump said Thursday that the United States has a...

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WSJ: White House considers full withdrawal of US troops from Syria

WASHINGTON - The White House is weighing a full withdrawal of US troops from...

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Trump says meeting with Zelensky was ‘very good’

DAVOS, Switzerland/MOSCOW/KYIV - US President Donald Trump said on Thursday in Davos that his...

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