Laos hosts annual Asean meeting
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The heads of state of 10 South East Asian countries are meeting in Laos&#39; capital Vientiane for the annual summit of regional grouping Asean.
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Six Southeast Asian nations meeting at the ASEAN summit have agreed to speed up efforts to create a free trade zone in the region, the BBC reported Monday.
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Southeast Asian economic ministers met  on Saturday with counterparts from powerhouses Japan and China,  and made progress toward liberalizing trade and boosting  business, officials said.
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Australia&#39;s Foreign Minister says he&#39;s confident of progress in talks on a regional free trade area, during this week&#39;s meeting of South-East Asian nations in Laos.
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A landmark trade agreement between 10 South East Asian countries and China has been signed at a summit in Laos. The deal could eventually unite a quarter of the world&#39;s population in a free trade zone.
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New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark left here Sunday for Vientiane, Laos, to attend the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, which is expected to reach
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VIENTIANE, Laos: China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are expected to make substantial progress in advancing the free trade area (FTA) at their summit to be held here today.
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Cambodia has been active and playing an increasingly important role in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and regional affairs politically and economically
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To many people in the world, perhaps Laos and its capital of Vientiane are only abstractnames of places. However, a tour of the capital city
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Foreign media in Laos for next week&#39;s ASEAN summit should expose rights abuses in the country, an international watchdog says.
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VIENTIANE (Laos), Nov. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of Korea (ROK) here Saturday welcomed a document under which an ASEAN-ROK Free
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VIENTIANE, Laos - Southeast Asian leaders finalized visionary pacts with China and India at their summit on Monday, hoping for a pan-Asian trade bloc to rival Europe and the United States, even as the region grapples with terrorism and epidemics such as
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Southeast Asian and Chinese officials aimed for a free trade area of nearly 2 billion people in talks held Friday to prepare accords for next weekâs Summit in the Laotian capital, while reports of overnight explosions near the
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VIENTIANE: Sixteen Asia-Pacific leaders converge on reclusive Laos this weekend for a major summit likely to be dominated by mounting concerns over Muslim unrest in Thailand and Myanmar&#39;s &quot;road map&quot; to democracy.
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VIENTIENE, Laos: Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong hopes ASEAN will be able to bring forward the deadline to become an Economic Community before 2020.
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The Philippines and Laos have signed an agreement hoping to boost the minuscule trade between them and encourage their first investment links, a statement said Saturday.
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The creation of an East Asian union has gained more support after the leaders of 13 countries in East Asia agreed to hold an East Asian Summit conference next year at the 8th Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Korea, China, Japan