For those of my relatives that are farmers, they also work on the garden during the dry season. During the planting season the able working bodies will be at the rice paddies and then during the dry season they would be busy at the garden or suan in Lao language. As you can see from [...]

A Victoria, B.C., man has been found dead of a gunshot wound in Thailand and police have arrested his wife and another person. Dale Henry, 48, who had been working as a safety inspector for an oil dr…

My aunt in Pakse told me a new way to make Pon Pa by keeping the fish entire whole rather than breaking it down to tiny pices. This is something that I have never heard of before. The cat fish above is cooked is water with padek, lemon…

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As much as I love ghost story, this song, winyarn (spirit) is a bit frightening for me to listen to, hear it for yourself.

Winyarn: This is a spiritual world, the spirits that still have worried…they refuse to leave. Still lingering, hanging around us …many are still very upset with human, with [...]

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnamese residing in New Delhi and adjacent areas gathered at a meeting hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy on February 9 to welcome the Year of the Rat.

This is why I can’t exercise. I was planning to go on a bike ride today - the cats had taken over the bicycle. I couldn’t bear to disturb this scene.

This has been a very social weekend. I spent most of the day yesterday with Hmong friends from the US, visiting their Hmong relatives whom I haven’t seen for a good long time. Today, I relaxed with a Lao friend who had married a French friend last year. It’s not often that I’m in Vientiane when other friends are around, so it was nice to have this opportunity.

I do realize that I’ve been more of

VietNamNet Bridge - The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), which has got involved in building a 1.8 billion USD electric power project in Laos , has intended to launch a series of investment projects in the neighbouring country in the near future.

Bangkok Bank (BBL) has applied for a local banking licence from the Chinese government in preparation for….