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AmeriLao Freedom of Speech Radio - 7  Broadcasting from Paris, France.

We broadcast Laos Oversea News, Laos Morlum, Esan music, Cambodian, Chinese, Vietnamese, American, Thai and International Music for 24/7. It opens to public for all.

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AmeriLao Freedom of Speech Radio - 5 Broadcasting from Sacramento, CA  USA.

We broadcast Laos Oversea News, Laos Morlum, Esan music, Cambodian, Chinese, Vietnamese, American, Thai and International Music for 24/7. It opens to public for all.

DJ:  Lao Hmong.

Hanoi - Human rights were expected to top the agenda as the senior US diplomat on South-East Asia arrived in Hanoi Wednesday.

Vietnam is the second stop on a three-country tour for Kurt Campbell, the assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. He arrived from Seoul and is to head to Cambodia Friday.

The visit came two weeks after Campbell called on Vietnam to improve its human rights record, saying it needed to do more to win support in Washington to expand cooperation.

The US has issued a stern warning to Vietnam over a heightened clampdown on dissidents which has caused alarm among western governments and human rights organisations.

The latest high-profile case involves Bui Thi Minh Hang, a 47-year-old activist, who was sentenced to two years in a “re-education camp” near Hanoi in November after participating in a number of rare public protests against perceived Chinese aggression in contested areas of the South China Sea.

The US has issued a stern warning to Vietnam over a heightened clampdown on dissidents which has caused alarm among western governments and human rights organisations.

The latest high-profile case involves Bui Thi Minh Hang, a 47-year-old activist, who was sentenced to two years in a “re-education camp” near Hanoi in November after participating in a number of rare public protests against perceived Chinese aggression in contested areas of the South China Sea.

Petition to release all prisoners of conscience in Vietnam

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CONSIDERING

1. The world superpowers are currently engaged in a relationship of competitive cooperation.

2. Dizzying events in North Africa and the Middle East have affirmed that democratization is the unavoidable trend against dictatorial regimes.

BANGKOK — The threat has loomed large over this giant metropolis for weeks: Floodwaters could rapidly swamp glitzy downtown Bangkok, ruining treasured ancient palaces and chic boutiques on skyscraper-lined avenues in the heart of the Thai economy.

The floods haven't come, but the sense of imminent doom is growing by the day, seeping in through worried conversations, school closings and emptied store shelves. One measure of the fear: the protective walls of sandbags scattered across the city's canals, homes and shop-fronts are expanding in number and height daily.

The site chosen for mega project in Laos is on the course of the River Mekong and only about 100km from a fault line. The project has brought protests from conservation groups and representatives from Cambodia and Vietnam, because it could threaten the ecological balance in the area. Senior Laotian officials: work will start "before the end of this year ”.

Protests of the faithful against the crackdown imposed by the government in recent weeks after more than 40 arrests. A Mass to remember the raids by police in the Diocese of Vinh and Thanh Hoa. Priest in Saigon: non-Catholics also involved. For the Vietnamese "The days of silence are over."

The 1,170-mile (1,880 km) stretch of the Mekong River that snakes through Laos has long been a quiet backwater used for small-scale domestic trade, localized fishing and folklore. In recent years, however, it has become the focus of a new purpose. "A dam is what I hope for most," says Samboun Bounkeo, the thickly built chief of Thalon, a sloping village of dirt paths and thatched-roof riverfront homes in northern Laos. A stable supply of electricity, paved roads, new job opportunities and potentially much more is what a dam offers, he says.