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Two political issues between Laos and Thailand delayed rapprochement during the 1980s. One was an influx of Laotian migrants and refugees, whom Thailand saw as undesirable minority groups and refused to accept as immigrants. A related issue stemmed from the presence of Laotian and Hmong resistance groups using migrant camps as bases. The Hmong ...
Lao National Television was established and began broadcasting television programs on December 1, 1983. At that time, the television station carried out pilot broadcasts twice a week, and later gradually increased the broadcast time.
Radio Thailand for Learning and Warning Network (Formerly Known as National Education Radio) Radio Thailand World Service; NBT Digital 2 HD. NBT Regional 11 (Separate broadcasting on 4 areas but HD only Central Area TV Program Chart) NBT World (owner by National News Bureau of Thailand and since 2022 to present broadcast only on Internet TV [29])
Crossing from Thailand into Laos is popular on the backpacker “banana pancake route”. Flights from Chiang Mai cost a reasonable $100 (£81) if booked months in advance.
ANTV (People's Police Television), VOV TV (Voice of Vietnam), Quốc Hội TV (National Assembly Television), QPVN (Vietnam National Defence Television), TTXVN (Vietnam News Agency), Nhân Dân TV (Nhân Dân Television) Ho Chi Minh City TV – The first TV station in Vietnam, includes 8 free-to-air channels: HTV7 (HD/SD) - Entertainment and Sports
The Mekong–Ganga Cooperation (MGC) was established on November 10, 2000, at Vientiane, Laos at the First MGC Ministerial Meeting. It comprises six member countries, namely India (Look-East connectivity projects), Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam. The four areas of cooperation are tourism, culture, education, and transportation. [1]
The Laos–Thailand border is the international border between the territory of Laos and Thailand. The border is 1,845 km (1,146 mi) in length, over half of which follows the Mekong River , and runs from the tripoint with Myanmar in the north to tripoint with Cambodia in the south.
The third category consists of the largest number of overseas Laotians, who fled the country following the communist Pathet Lao takeover of Laos as a result of the Vietnam War. This group of the Laotian diaspora primarily live in North America, France and Australia, with a smaller number in Thailand. [21]