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Long before the creation of LNTV, Laotians had access to overspill television signals from neighboring Thailand. [2]Lao National Television was established and began broadcasting television programs on December 1, 1983.
On 19 November 1982, he was appointed coadjutor vicar apostolic of Vientiane, Laos, and also titular bishop of Moglaena, by Pope John Paul II, and he subsequently was installed on 7 April 1984. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He served as well as administrator of the Luang Prabang vicariate from 1984 to 1999.
The channel also broadcasts foreign TV series. VTV2 started transmission on 1 January 1990. An HD version of VTV2 was launched on 20 May 2015. VTV3: Sports and entertainment channel, broadcasting 24/7. VTV3 officially launched on 31 March 1996. An HD version of VTV3 was launched on 31 March 2013. This is the first channel in VTV to broadcast in ...
Vientiane (Lao: ວຽງຈັນ, RTGS: Wiang Chan, pronounced [wíaŋ tɕàn]) is the capital and largest city of Laos. Situated on the banks of the Mekong River at the Thai border, it comprises the five urban districts of Vientiane Prefecture and had a population of 840,000 as of the 2023 Census.
In 1993, the Vientiane Urban Planning Committee (VUPC) became the highest decision-making organization in the prefecture; it was governed by a chairman, deputy chair, and 8 members. [20] In 1999, the Vientiane Urban Development and Administration Authority (VUDAA) was established at the prefecture level to manage the city's development. [19]
All three Lao kingdoms of Luang Phrabang, Vientiane and Champasak became Siamese tributary kingdoms [1] in 1779 and would remain so for 114 years until the Paknam Incident in 1893 compelled Siam to cede most of Laos to French Indochina. (Kingdom of Vientiane was dissolved in 1828 in the aftermath of Anouvong's Lao Rebellion.) The Siamese ...
Vientiane forces cooperated with Gia-Long against the Tây Sơn rebellion, and in 1798 Vietnamese officers came to Vientiane to aid the Lao army, later accompanying it on missions against rebel remnants. Vientiane sent tribute missions to Gia Long in 1801 and 1802, and upon his accession, in 1804 Chao Anouvong notified the court at Huế.
Kong Le ordered most of his paratroopers from Vientiane to reinforce his forward garrison at Paksan. [41] On 10 December, General Southone tried to confer with Colonel Kouprasith Abhay in Vientiane; however, Abhay had sneaked off to Tha Deua to confer with Phoumi, who had helicoptered in for a planning meeting. [41]