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China-Laos Railway gears up for Lao New Year travel rush

STORY: China-Laos Railway gears up for Lao New Year travel rush SHOOTING TIME: April 13, 2024 DATELINE: April 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:53 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of passengers at Vientiane railway station 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): French passengers 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Lao): SONE PHOMMAVONG, Passenger 4. SOUNDBITE 3 (Lao): XAYPASERD MOUNGKHOUN, Passenger STORYLINE: The China-Laos Railway is taking measures to ensure the smooth flow of travelers, amid a surge of passenger traffic during the ongoing Lao New Year holiday. The Lao New Year is the most important festival for Laotians. This year's holiday runs from April 13 to 18. The ticket management system will be optimized online and offline. To cope with the surging passenger flow, extra train services are provided from April 12 to 19 between the capital Vientiane and the Luang Prabang province in Laos. The China-Laos Railway connects Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan Province with Vientiane. Travel on the railway i

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LAOS-LUANG PRABANG-SONGKRAN FESTIVAL-CELEBRATION

(230416) -- LUANG PRABANG, April 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo shows people celebrating the Songkran Festival or the Lao New Year, in Luang Prabang, Laos, April 15, 2023. The Lao New Year, celebrated from April 14 to 16, is the most important festival in the Lao calendar and also a time of endless fun for the Laotians. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

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LAOS-LUANG PRABANG-SONGKRAN FESTIVAL-CELEBRATION

(230416) -- LUANG PRABANG, April 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Children participate in the celebration of the Songkran Festival or the Lao New Year, in Luang Prabang, Laos, April 16, 2023. The Lao New Year, celebrated from April 14 to 16, is the most important festival in the Lao calendar and also a time of endless fun for the Laotians. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

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LAOS-LUANG PRABANG-SONGKRAN FESTIVAL-CELEBRATION

(230416) -- LUANG PRABANG, April 16, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Girls pose for photos during the celebration of the Songkran Festival or the Lao New Year, in Luang Prabang, Laos, April 15, 2023. The Lao New Year, celebrated from April 14 to 16, is the most important festival in the Lao calendar and also a time of endless fun for the Laotians. (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)

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Laotians call for world without landmines

NEW YORK, United States - Thoummy Silamphan (R), who lost his hand to a landmine as a child in Laos, and Manixia Thor (C), a member of an all-female bomb-clearing team in the country, speak at the U.N. headquarters in New York on April 4, 2013, International Mine Awareness day. They spoke about the damage caused by cluster bombing in their country, calling for a world without the deadly weapons.

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3 Laotians arrested over false registration of baby girl's birth

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Douangbouppha Thong Inh (in photo), a Laotian, his wife and a female compatriot living with the couple in Ayase, Kanagawa Prefecture, were arrested on May 12 on suspicion of falsely registering the birth of a baby girl in 2007. The baby was born to the woman living with the couple, but the couple registered the baby as their own in a bid to prevent the husband, who had overstayed his visa, from being deported.

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Laotians begin voting in general elections

VIENTIANE, Laos - Laotian President Khamtay Siphandone casts a ballot in Vientiane on Feb. 24 to elect representatives to the National Assembly in the fifth general election since the socialist government was established in 1975.

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Laotians still imperiled by unexploded bombs 40 yrs after Vietnam War

A staff member of the Lao National Unexploded Ordance Program (UXO Lao) points at a piece of unexploded ammunition found buried in the soil in Xieng Khouang Province, northern Laos, on April 1, 2015. Unexploded cluster bombs and other munitions from U.S. air raids during the Vietnam War continue to threaten the daily lives of Laotians four decades after the end of the conflict. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Laotians still imperiled by unexploded bombs 40 yrs after Vietnam War

A staff member of the Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Program (UXO Lao) searches for unexploded ammunition, bombs and landmines with a detector in Xieng Khouang Province, northern Laos, on April 1, 2015. Unexploded cluster bombs and other munitions from U.S. air raids during the Vietnam War continue to threaten the daily lives of Laotians four decades after the end of the conflict. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Laotians still imperiled by unexploded bombs 40 yrs after Vietnam War

Black fumes arise during an operation by the Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Program (UXO Lao) to destroy unexploded ammunition in Xieng Khouang Province, northern Laos, on April 1, 2015. Unexploded cluster bombs and other munitions from U.S. air raids during the Vietnam War continue to threaten the daily lives of Laotians four decades after the end of the conflict. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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3 Laotians arrested over false registration of baby girl's birth

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Douangbouppha Thong Inh (in photo), a Laotian, his wife and a female compatriot living with the couple in Ayase, Kanagawa Prefecture, were arrested on May 12 on suspicion of falsely registering the birth of a baby girl in 2007. The baby was born to the woman living with the couple, but the couple registered the baby as their own in a bid to prevent the husband, who had overstayed his visa, from being deported. (Kyodo)

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Laotians begin voting in general elections

VIENTIANE, Laos - Laotian President Khamtay Siphandone casts a ballot in Vientiane on Feb. 24 to elect representatives to the National Assembly in the fifth general election since the socialist government was established in 1975.