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Voice of America ( VOA or VoA) is the state-owned news network and international radio broadcaster of the United States of America. It is the largest and oldest of the U.S.-funded international broadcasters. [4] [5] [6] VOA produces digital, TV, and radio content in 49 languages, which it distributes to affiliate stations around the world. [7]
The COVID-19 pandemic in Laos is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 ( COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ( SARS-CoV-2 ). On 24 March 2020, Laos became the last country in Southeast Asia to report its confirmed case of the virus. As of 05 June 2022, there were a total of 210,081 cases and ...
The president of the Lao People's Democratic Republic is the head of state of Laos. The current president is Thongloun Sisoulith , since 22 March 2021. He was previously elected as the General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party , Laos' most powerful position in January 2021, ranking him first in the Politburo .
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It was started as the news agency of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party on 6 January 1968 in Viengsay and later became the official news agency of Laos after the communists seized power in 1976. Its current General Director is Khampheuy Philapha.
The Dai people are closely related to the Shan, Lao and Thai people who form a majority in Laos and Thailand, and a large minority in Myanmar.Originally, the Tai, or Dai, lived closely together in modern Yunnan Province until political chaos and wars in the north at the end of the Tang and Song dynasty and various nomadic peoples prompted some to move further south into modern Laos then Thailand.
Laotian Americans are included in the larger category of Asian Americans. The major immigrant generation were generally refugees who escaped Laos during the warfare and disruption of the 1970s, and entered refugee camps in Thailand across the Mekong River. They emigrated to the United States during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s.
By Yuliia Dysa. KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy replaced the commander of his special forces on Thursday, the second time in half a year that he has changed the head of ...