Stories about Laos from August, 2008
Southeast Asia’s Olympic performance
Southeast Asian countries garnered 12 medals in the recently concluded 2008 Beijing Olympics. Indonesia leads the pack with 5 medals: 1 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze medals.
Laos in the Olympics
The 2008 Beijing Olympics informed many people around the world that Laos is pronounced as Lao (silent ‘s’), as noted by I Eat Padek.
Laos: Selection of athletes for the Olympics
Lao athletes who participated in the Beijing Olympics were chosen because of their close ties to the Lao communist government, as alleged by a commenter in the blog post of Lao Cook.
Laos: From street kids to Lao cooks
Lao Voices blogs about a project which helps Vientiane street kids by training them to be Lao cooks.
Laos: Vientiane online map
Apocalypse Lao endorses an online map of Vientiane
