I stayed at Lao Plaza Hotel. Again, because my travel agent friend recommended it. The hotel entrance had a spell binding effect on me. The entrance was huge with a covered drop off area. The hotel from the outside was not as intricately modern like most of the known hotels but it was elegant.
The bell boy assisted me up to the registration table. The people there were amiable and sweet. They offered their welcome with warm smiles. The registration was quick than expected. I was surprised how skillful the personnel were considering they struggled articulating everything. The lobby looked chic and very contemporary.
The furnishing were adorable and the interiors were well made. I love the concept regarding its interior design. Chairs were assembled in the cafe surrounding the small coffee shops. The hotel lobby had high ceiling and the walls were made up of glass.
My room was even more splendid. I got a suite because the price was really affordable. It was shimmering that it enticed me to barefoot the entire time. The bed had simple structure but the sheets smelled like dried cassis. The lamps were square and the bedside cabinets were classy mahogany wood. A small table was in the corner with fresh carnation.
The room also had a cute sofa and a persian carpet beneath the centerpiece. The lavatory typifies an unflustered haven for relaxation. It was clean and the aroma was really good. I supposed they used fragrance oil to flavor the place because the smell was just very unique.
I opted to eat at Dok Champa Restaurant because among others, this is the one which offers Lao cuisine. It is really my strategy when I am jet setting to not just explore the country but the cuisine as well. Here, the food did not just satisfy my hunger but satisfied my whole persona.
I love Lao cuisine. The restaurant made you understand what Lao culture is all about by capsulizing it thru their cuisine. The spa was amazing. I never had a massage this good since I had it in Bali. The massage caressed me much to the point that it lulled me to slumber after. This hotel is a must visit when you are in Laos. First, the price is okay and not very expensive compared to the world-renowed hotels we know.
Second, though the price is affordable, quality is not a luxury here. The service and amenities you will experience is the same with the well known hotels. Plus, the food is mouth-watering. Sunday, March 15, Last of Laos.. Motorcycles outside a College. Two more examples of sinhs. My office is just inside this door. Vietnam, Laos sign goods transit agreement. The signing, which took place at talks between Hoang and his Lao counterpart Nam Vinaketh, aims to create favourable conditions for the distribution of goods from the two nations to a third country.
The two sides noted remarkable growth in bilateral trade last year with two-way trade expanding by They also signed a working minute highlighting focal tasks for this year, including a project on trade development until , developing border markets, organising a Vietnam-Laos trade fair and boosting cooperation in industry and training. Minister Hoang was received in Vientiane on March 13 by Laos Prime Minister Buasone Bouphavanh, who said that the Lao Government and relevant agencies would create favourable conditions for Vietnamese businesses to implement investment projects in Laos.
Solving a number of long-standing problems that hinder cooperation projects between those sectors would contribute to improving the cooperation between the two countries. The two sides will review the implementation of cooperation programmes and draw up plans for the future. Hoang said he intends to discuss with the Lao side a previously-signed agreement, granting each other special preferences and recognition of goods originating in each country, as well as reviewing the implementation of current Vietnamese projects in Laos, including electricity projects.
Hoang said that Vietnamese investors in Laos have pledged to fulfill agreements with the Lao Government and asked Laos to supplement a number of policies to ensure that they are compatible with investment projects in the fields of science and technology.
VNA from:mcot. This country interest me mainly because of their religion. I was currently into landscape photography before I did my main focus on portraits. I had a chance to see this photograph of a huge statute of a buddha lying on the ground with the arms extending to the ears. As her supporters' shouts rose to a crescendo, Ms Phonenaly defeated her Thai opponent Sureerat Sadmaroeng in the final round of the women's under 52kg weight division.
Three Lao fighters competed in yesterday's final rounds at the Budo Centre. The fans' enthusiasm was rewarded by Ms Phonenaly's gold medal and the efforts of two other Lao fighters, Ms Syamphone Phetnida in the women's under 48kg and Ms Chitchinda Bounphaaksone in the under 75kg, who both won silver medals.
She believes her success at this year's games is the result of two years of hard training in Japan , where she is studying. Judo fighters competed for seven gold medals yesterday. Vietnam won three gold medals, while Myanmar , the Philippines and Thailand received one each. Today, seven more gold medals are up for grabs in judo. Laos has high hopes for two in the men's over kg and under 90kg categories, according to Lao judo trainer Chittiveth Nouankhaising.
Dr Bosengkham Vongdara said yesterday at a press conference at the Media Centre. We made an admirable and significant contribution to the promotion of the event. Lao people living in the provinces and overseas and all those interested in the games received timely information. We saw people living in Vientiane respond and actively take part by attending events and showing their enthusiasm. Reporters now knew how to better cover, send news and coordinate among themselves and other countries.
The government has invested a large amount of money in the media to improve infrastructure, training and equipment. The committee and media organisations across the country created several special programmes for radio and television and published newspaper articles to deliver information to the public in a timely manner.
More than local journalists participated in covering various areas of news relating to the SEA Games. Apart from this, 1, foreign journalists from Asean countries took part in the SEA Games, writing many articles about the event. People in Asean countries received information about the opening ceremony and every sporting event from journalists doing an important job in Laos. They also booked a live broadcasting room. This allowed people living in Europe and the United States to watch the games.
Local people and Lao people living overseas all enjoyed watching the games on these channels. Despite gaining seven more gold medals yesterday, Laos remains at seventh place in the medal standings while Vietnam and Thailand are in a head to head battle for top honours. The battle for medals will end this morning, with the afternoon set aside for preparations for the 25th SEA Games closing ceremony at the National Stadium.
The ceremony will begin at pm with musical entertainment, followed by a programme of performances and displays. The first gold medals for Laos yesterday came in the morning thanks to experienced boxers in the muay Lao kick boxing ring with their haul of three gold medals in wushu sanshou at Lao-ITECC.
Some of the tactics used in muay Lao are very similar to those employed in wushu sanshou, which gave Laos the edge and brought them resounding success on home soil. To date, the wushu team has taken five gold, two silver and four bronze medals. After the five muay Lao gold medals they earned earlier in the week, the team has become the most successful in Laos at the games. The first gold of the day for Laos was a victory by Khamla Souphaphone after he easily beat Phan Van Hau of Vietnam in the men's 52kg boxing event.
Khamla was the best boxer in the muay Lao ring with 70 fights to his credit. Muay Lao fans know him as Anantaxay Sor-souphaphone. Other gold medals taken by Lao athletes yesterday included one in the men's under kg judo event for Khemkham Kommanivong, one in the boxing ring for Vilasak Khouandy in the men's 64kg light welterweight, one in men's surface fin swimming m for Bounthanom Vongphachanh, and another in the men's pencak silat class I under 90kg for Pheumthavy Vongphackdy.
By Sisay Vilaysack. Yesterday was a day of victory for Lao athletes at the ongoing SEA Games on home soil when they reached their target of 25 gold medals, as some optimists had predicted ahead of the games.
The eighth day of competition will go down in the record books as being the day when the magic number of 25 gold medals for Laos was reached in 25 sports at the 25th SEA Games. The first gold medal yesterday came at pm, after a long day of waiting, thanks to Phonenaly Sayarath who won the women's under 52kg division in judo.
Other gold medals that pushed Laos towards success came from the swimming pool at 6pm, when Chrichina Sindara won the women's 50m surface fin swimming event and Amdavanh Phanmibounkong won the women's m surface fin swimming event.
Despite having reached their gold medal target, Lao athletes will continue to pursue their quest for even more gold in the last two days of competition.
The petanque team, who were favourites to win a gold medal yesterday, managed only bronze. Of the 11 gold medals up for grabs in petanque Laos is hoping to claim at least four. So far, they have picked up one gold, one silver and five bronze medals in the sport. The final two gold medals in petanque will be there for the taking on Friday in the men's and women's triples events. Yesterday afternoon Laos claimed a silver medal when year-old Milvady Hongfa took second place in the women's light flyweight 48kg boxing event.
On the shuttlecock court where Laos hoped to win one gold medal from the two events being contested, the team scooped two silver medals, with both golds going to the more experienced Vietnamese team. In the round robin competition in women's football, Laos came in fourth, while Myanmar took the bronze medal. The gold medal was won by Vietnam after they beat defending champion Thailand in a penalty shootout at Chao Anouvong Stadium yesterday.
The last men's football matches will take place today. The bronze medal match between Laos and Singapore kicks off at 3pm at Chao Anouvong Stadium, while the gold medal match between Vietnam and Malaysia will begin at 5pm at the National Stadium. By Sisay Vilaysack Vientianetimes. Lao sepak takraw team manager Khamvanh Nanthavong said the main goal of his team was to be good hosts and they were not expecting any major triumphs at the SEA Games.
Mr Khamvanh was speaking after his team lost to Thailand in the final of the men's regu event in Vientiane yesterday. We're not hoping for anything else so we got the silver medal today. But I was proud because our team still lacks experience. In the final match of the men's regu event, Thailand took the gold medal with scores of and Mr Khamvanh said his team had only two years of experience but the Thai team had been in the sport for 10 years, so their levels were very different.
At the start of the game, Laos and Thailand were level and there was almost no difference in score. But the Thai team started to pull away and Laos lagged behind to finish in second place and take the silver medal. The Lao sepak takraw team is now running fourth in the sport's medal tally with one silver and two bronze medals.
Thailand has five gold medals, Myanmar has one gold, one silver and one bronze medal, and in third place is Vietnam with three silver medals. In the women's regu event which took place on the same day between Thailand and Vietnam , Thailand beat Vietnam with a score of , and By Souknilundon Southivongnorath Vientianetimes. Spectators returning home after the SEA Games are assured there will be plenty of buses running to the north and south, when the games end on December Bus operators told Vientiane Times yesterday they had enough buses to provide everyone with a journey home, whether going north or south, and there was no need to worry about getting a seat.
An official in charge of bus provision at the Chitprasong Transportation Company northern route , Mr Khamdy Phimmasone, said there would be about buses available, including privately owned buses registered with the company. The company has been able to provide extra buses at peak times in the past, especially at the busiest time of the year during Pi Mai Lao Lao New Year in the middle of April when many people travel, he said.
At that time there are more than 50 buses in service - double the number that normally run on regular routes. Mr Khamdy was unable to say how many extra buses would be added to cope with SEA Games passengers, saying it depended on demand. Bus companies are expecting a surge in customers after the games. As well as a boost in Lao passengers they anticipate a rise in foreign visitors travelling onwards to other parts of the country. Transport providers had their busiest time at the start of the games when supporters from the provinces flocked to Vientiane.
Extra buses were laid on between the provinces and the capital and they were always full, bus operators said. Normal services are running at present with one bus departing for the southern provinces every 30 minutes from am to pm every day and one bus every one to two hours going north from am to 8pm. The situation is fairly quiet at the moment. He said more people were booking bus tickets these days, perhaps because they were afraid there would be a shortage of buses.
By Times Reporters Vientianetimes. The Lao muay team became the most successful in the country's history when the close of competition at the ongoing SEA Games saw a haul of five gold medals around their necks. Yesterday was the final day of the muay events at this year's SEA Games. The Lao team had four boxers in the ring competing in seven gold medal bouts. At the end of the day the Lao team took home three gold medals and one silver. The team won two other gold medals, two silver medals and one bronze medal on Monday.
The three gold medals for Laos yesterday came from Phoutthasone Keosayavong in the female light flyweight 48kg, Thongbang Seuaphom in the male flyweight 51kg and Paylor Xaypao in the female featherweight 57kg division. On the same day, the shuttlecock team also had their best success by scooping two gold medals and one silver. The first gold came in the men's doubles from Southisone Thonmanivong and Khamphong Phouthong.
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