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Laos' daily COVID-19 infections hit new record high at 1,504
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], November 25 (ANI/Xinhua): The number of daily COVID-19 infections in Laos hit a new high of 1,504, surpassing the previous record of 1,401 cases last Thursday.
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Laos sees over 1,000 new COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], November 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The Lao Ministry of Health reported 1,344 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, raising the total to 61,239.
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Chinese companies haven't paid Laos workers for over 6 years
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], November 18 (ANI): Laos workers who were hired by Chinese companies for construction projects, undertaken six years ago are still waiting for their payments.
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China-based firm's plans to build Buddha statue in Mahayana tradition in L
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], November 16 (ANI): A China-based company's plans to build a 100-metre statue of the Buddha in the Mahayana Buddhist tradition on the Mekong river bank in Vientiane, Laos has sparked anger among the local citizens as most of them follow the Thervada tradition of Buddhism.
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Laos reports 1,049 new COVID-19 cases, 48,391 in total
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], November 9 (ANI/Xinhua): The COVID-19 infections in Laos continued to increase across multiple provinces, with 1,049 new cases reported on Tuesday, raising the total tally to 48,391.
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Anti-China sentiments rise in Laos over wrongful depiction of Buddha statu
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Beijing [China], November 8 (ANI): Anti-China sentiments have been sparked against a Shanghai-based company Wang Feng Shanghai Real Estate Co over the construction of a 100 metres statue of Buddha costing USD 5 billion close to the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) on the bank of river Mekong in
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Laos reports record high of 1,170 daily COVID-19 cases
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], November 4 (ANI/Xinhua): Laos reported another record high of 1,170 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, surpassing the previous record of 1,062 cases registered on Wednesday, according to the Lao Ministry of Health.
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China-run Gold mine pollutes river in Laos, create hardship for people
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], November 3 (ANI): A Gold mine run by Chinese owners has polluted the river water badly in Sekong province of Laos, killing fish and fouling water used by villagers for drinking.
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Laos: Villagers who lost lands to China's BRI project still await compensa
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos] October 20 (ANI): Weeks before the opening of China's bullet train project in Laos, villagers who lost land to the project say they are still waiting for promised compensation.
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People in Laos oppose leasing lands to Chinese farmers
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], October 13 (ANI): Farmers in Laos have urged the local government authorities not to lease lands to the Chinese farmers during the off-season of rice paddies in the country.
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COVID-19 lockdown in Laos extended till August 18
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], August 3 (ANI/Xinhua): The Lao government has decided to extend the current nationwide lockdown to August 18 as the COVID-19 cases continued to rise.
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7 missing in ground collapse in northern Laos
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Vientiane [Laos], July 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Seven people are missing in northern Laos' Xieng Khuang province after the ground collapsed while they were drilling for gold on Sunday.
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