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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (front), in Laotian traditional dress, is pictured with Lao Vice President Pany Yathotou at the Lao president's office in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (L), in Laotian traditional dress, is pictured with Lao Vice President Pany Yathotou at the Lao president's office in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (C), in Laotian traditional dress, poses for a photo in front of Pha That Luang, or the Great Stupa, in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos.

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (2nd from R), in Laotian traditional dress, visits Pha That Luang, or the Great Stupa, in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos.

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (L), in Laotian traditional dress, is pictured with Lao Vice President Pany Yathotou at the Lao president's office in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko, in Laotian traditional dress, poses for a photo in front of Pha That Luang, or the Great Stupa, in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos.

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko, in Laotian traditional dress, poses for a photo in front of Pha That Luang, or the Great Stupa, in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos.

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (front, R) proposes a toast at a banquet hosted by Laotian Vice President Pany Yathotou (front, L) in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos.

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (R) proposes a toast at a banquet hosted by Laotian Vice President Pany Yathotou in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (front, L) prepares to attend a banquet hosted by Laotian Vice President Pany Yathotou (front, R) in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (front, L) prepares to attend a banquet hosted by Laotian Vice President Pany Yathotou (front, R) in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (front, L) prepares to attend a banquet hosted by Laotian Vice President Pany Yathotou (front, R) in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko prepares to attend a banquet hosted by Laotian Vice President Pany Yathotou in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos.

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (front) prepares to make a speech at a banquet hosted by Laotian Vice President Pany Yathotou in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos.

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko prepares to make a speech at a banquet hosted by Laotian Vice President Pany Yathotou in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos.

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko prepares to make a speech at a banquet hosted by Laotian Vice President Pany Yathotou in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko prepares to make a speech at a banquet hosted by Laotian Vice President Pany Yathotou in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (C) proposes a toast at a banquet hosted by Laotian Vice President Pany Yathotou in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos.

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko proposes a toast at a banquet hosted by Laotian Vice President Pany Yathotou in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos.

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko proposes a toast at a banquet hosted by Laotian Vice President Pany Yathotou in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos.

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko, in Laotian traditional dress, meets Lao Vice President Pany Yathotou in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (L), in Laotian traditional dress, shakes hands with Lao Vice President Pany Yathotou in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (L), in Laotian traditional dress, meets Lao Vice President Pany Yathotou in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (L), in Laotian traditional dress, meets Lao Vice President Pany Yathotou in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (L), in Laotian traditional dress, meets Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (L), in Laotian traditional dress, meets Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko, in Laotian traditional dress, meets Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (3rd from R), in Laotian traditional dress, visits Pha That Luang, or the Great Stupa, in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (3rd from R), in Laotian traditional dress, visits Pha That Luang, or the Great Stupa, in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos. (Pool photo)

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko, in Laotian traditional dress, poses for a photo in front of Pha That Luang, or the Great Stupa, in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, during her official trip to Laos.

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Japan Princess Aiko in Laos

Japanese Princess Aiko (C), in Laotian native dress, poses for a photo in front of Pha That Luang, or the Great Stupa, in Vientiane on Nov. 18, 2025, as she visits Laos on her first official overseas trip, marking the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties. (Pool photo)

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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (12TH DISTRICT) THE RENE DUMONT TROPICAL AGRONOMY GARDEN (AT THE EASTERN END OF THE BOIS DE VINCENNES). THE STUPA (MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF CAMBODIAN AND LAOTIAN SOLDIERS WHO DIED FOR FRANCE) Photo by Jean Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (12TH DISTRICT) THE RENE DUMONT TROPICAL AGRONOMY GARDEN (AT THE EASTERN END OF THE BOIS DE VINCENNES). THE STUPA (MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF CAMBODIAN AND LAOTIAN SOLDIERS WHO DIED FOR FRANCE) Photo by Jean Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (12TH DISTRICT) THE RENE DUMONT TROPICAL AGRONOMY GARDEN (AT THE EASTERN END OF THE BOIS DE VINCENNES). THE KHMER BRIDGE (THE BRIDGE OF THE NAJAS). IN THE BACKGROUND: THE STUPA (MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF CAMBODIAN AND LAOTIAN SOLDIERS WHO DIED FOR FRANCE) Photo by Jean Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Paris

FRANCE. PARIS (75) (12TH DISTRICT) THE RENE DUMONT TROPICAL AGRONOMY GARDEN (AT THE EASTERN END OF THE BOIS DE VINCENNES). THE KHMER BRIDGE (THE BRIDGE OF THE NAJAS). IN THE BACKGROUND: THE STUPA (MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF CAMBODIAN AND LAOTIAN SOLDIERS WHO DIED FOR FRANCE) Photo by Jean-Francois Rollinger/Only Paris/ABACAPRESS.COM

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[Breaking News]Laotian delegation visits Pyongyang

PYONGYANG, North Korea, March 2 Kyodo - A delegation of the Laotian Foreign Ministry arrives in Pyongyang on March 1, 2025, following the 50th anniversary in 2024 of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Laos and North Korea. (Kyodo)

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Laotian delegation visits Pyongyang

A delegation of the Laotian Foreign Ministry arrives in Pyongyang on March 1, 2025, following the 50th anniversary in 2024 of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Laos and North Korea.

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Laotian delegation visits Pyongyang

A delegation of the Laotian Foreign Ministry arrives in Pyongyang on March 1, 2025, following the 50th anniversary in 2024 of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Laos and North Korea.

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Japan-Laos summit talks

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (C) speaks during talks with his Laotian counterpart Sonexay Siphandone at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2025.

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Japan-Laos summit talks

Laotian Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone speaks during talks with his Japanese counterpart Shigeru Ishiba at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2025.

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Japan-Laos summit talks

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R, 3rd from bottom) and his Laotian counterpart Sonexay Siphandone (L, 3rd from bottom) hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2025.

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Japan-Laos summit talks

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (R) and his Laotian counterpart Sonexay Siphandone shake hands ahead of their talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 21, 2025.

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Japan's Foreign Minister Kamikawa in Laos

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (L) shakes hands with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Saluemxay Kommasith in the Laotian capital of Vientiane on July 26, 2024.

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China-Laos Railway handles over 200,000 cross-border passenger trips

STORY: China-Laos Railway handles over 200,000 cross-border passenger trips SHOOTING TIME: May 24, 2024 DATELINE: May 25, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:25 LOCATION: XISHUANGBANNA, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the China-Laos Railway STORYLINE: As of Friday, the China-Laos Railway had handled over 200,000 cross-border passenger trips since its international passenger service was launched more than a year ago. This is according to the Mohan checkpoint on China's border with Laos in southwest China's Yunnan. A total of 868 international passenger trains were operated during the period. As a landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation, the 1,035-km China-Laos Railway connects Kunming in China, with the Laotian capital Vientiane. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Xishuangbanna, China. (XHTV)

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Laos Economic and Trade Cooperation Expo inaugurated in Shanghai

STORY: Laos Economic and Trade Cooperation Expo inaugurated in Shanghai SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 27, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:16 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Laos Economic and Trade Cooperation Expo 2. SOUNDBITE (Lao): MANOTHONG VONGSAY, Vice Minister, Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce STORYLINE: The Laos Economic and Trade Cooperation Expo was inaugurated in Yangpu District, Shanghai on Monday. Set to be a permanent display, the expo aims to showcase and foster economic and trade cooperation between China and Laos. It showcases Laotian history, culture, and products in the exhibition halls, and also serves as a trading service platform. As a spillover effect of the China International Import Expo, it's the first national-level exhibition hall established by Laos globally. SOUNDBITE (Lao): MANOTHONG VONGSAY, Vice Minister, Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce "This national expo in Shanghai was initiated during the CIIE. A memorandum of under

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A Shared Path | A railway that unlocks countless opportunities

STORY: A Shared Path | A railway that unlocks countless opportunities DATELINE: Oct. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:05:30 LOCATION: Beijing CATEGORY: ECONOMY STORYLINE: Laos Laos, the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, has been longing for ways to reach out to the world. Leave home village and have far-reaching vision. --Lao proverb 32-year-old Sida Phengphongsawanh is a train maintenance worker at the Laos-China Railway Company. She's been dreaming of becoming a train driver. The job on the China-Laos Railway has brought her one big step closer to her dream. Kunming, China SOUDNBITE (Lao): VIENGXAY PHOUDTHAVONG, Lao internet celebrity "Hello, I'm Viengxay Phoudthavong. Conductors on the train have all undergone training sessions. They can speak both English and Laotian." 32-year-old Viengxay Phoudthavong is a Ph.D. student in China's Yunnan, a province bordering Laos. For him, pursuing studies and a career in China has been a dream come true. On his social media account, Viengxay often shares interes

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Japan-Laos foreign ministerial talks

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa (far L) holds talks with her Laotian counterpart Saleumxay Kommasith (far R) in Vientiane, Laos, on Oct. 11, 2023.

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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-SHANGHAI-FREIGHT TRAIN (CN)

(231008) -- KUNMING, Oct. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- The 1st freight train of Shanghai-Kunming Lancang-Mekong Express departs from Wangjiaying West Station in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Oct. 8, 2023. A freight train loaded with goods from Southeast Asia and specialty products of Yunnan left Kunming on Sunday, and was expected to reach its destination Shanghai in 82 hours. This marked the official launch of the Shanghai-Kunming Lancang-Mekong Express freight train service, which runs on the China-Laos Railway and the Shanghai-Kunming Railway to connect the Laotian capital of Vientiane and east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-SHANGHAI-FREIGHT TRAIN (CN)

(231008) -- KUNMING, Oct. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Oct. 8, 2023 shows a view of the launch ceremony of the 1st freight train of Shanghai-Kunming Lancang-Mekong Express at Wangjiaying West Station in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. A freight train loaded with goods from Southeast Asia and specialty products of Yunnan left Kunming on Sunday, and was expected to reach its destination Shanghai in 82 hours. This marked the official launch of the Shanghai-Kunming Lancang-Mekong Express freight train service, which runs on the China-Laos Railway and the Shanghai-Kunming Railway to connect the Laotian capital of Vientiane and east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-KUNMING-SHANGHAI-FREIGHT TRAIN (CN)

(231008) -- KUNMING, Oct. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Oct. 8, 2023 shows the 1st freight train of Shanghai-Kunming Lancang-Mekong Express leaving Wangjiaying West Station in Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province. A freight train loaded with goods from Southeast Asia and specialty products of Yunnan left Kunming on Sunday, and was expected to reach its destination Shanghai in 82 hours. This marked the official launch of the Shanghai-Kunming Lancang-Mekong Express freight train service, which runs on the China-Laos Railway and the Shanghai-Kunming Railway to connect the Laotian capital of Vientiane and east China's Shanghai. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)