Popular dish. For the people of laos vegetables are a core part of their diet. Recently efforts on a marble level got under way to use vegetables as a driver for economic growth. Over 60 of the population lives in poverty surviving on an income of less than 2 a day. One of the governments key policies for boosting the National Income is to export organic produce. Agriculture here is approaching a major transition point. In this episode of asia insight, we follow the ongoing efforts to turn laos into a major exporter of organic produce. Vientiane, to capital of laos. A market in the city is bustling with shoppers. Its held three times a week and farmers here sell nothing but organic vegetables. These vegetables are grown without the use of agrochemicals. Compared to other produce, organic vegetables are said to be more nutritious which is why they are richer in color. Leafy vegetables have thicker stalks and remain juicy and fresh even after they are picked. Laos is one of the poorest c
For the people of laos vegetables are a core part of their diet. Recently efforts on a marble level got under way to use vegetables as a driver for economic growth. Over 60 of the population lives in poverty surviving on an income of less than 2 a day. One of the governments key policies for boosting the National Income is to export organic produce. Agriculture here is approaching a major transition point. In this episode of asia insight, we follow the ongoing efforts to turn laos into a major exporter of organic produce. Vientiane, to capital of laos. A market in the city is bustling with shoppers. Its held three times a week and farmers here sell nothing but organic vegetables. These vegetables are grown without the use of agrochemicals. Compared to other produce, organic vegetables are said to be more nutritious which is why they are richer in color. Leafy vegetables have thicker stalks and remain juicy and fresh even after they are picked. Laos is one of the poorest countries in as
Authorities have arrested a at an Elementary School in kansas. School is out right now, so no students were hurt. An alreadymassive wildfire continues to grow in northern california. The flames are growing by a thousand acres an hour. Heavy rain caused some serious flooding in pittsburgh. The high water trapped motorists, and flooded homes. The humidity is horrible. Nearly 60 Million People are under a heat advisory or warning today. And its not going to let up any time soon. A bear had a grand old time taking a dip in a california hot tub. But when it got out, it started drinking a margarita left outside. After all that excitement, the bear took a nap sounds like my ideal weekend. Glor good evening. Im jeff glor, and this is our western edition. Were going to begin with the Great American road trip. Americans coast to coast have left, or are leaving, to celebrate independence day, for many a day of freedom from work. A a. A. A. Survey found nearly 47 million americans plan to travel a
To fight a shadow war against the north vietnamese, and the pathet lao. The war in laos was secret. The russians knew about it. The chinese knew. The vietnamese, the laotians, certainly knew. The only people who didnt, was the american public, and congress. I took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, sha, la, la, la, la, la anthony though never actually at war with laos, at the same time we were fighting in neighboring vietnam. The United States flew more than a half a Million Missions over this tiny Southeast Asian nation. Dropping more bombs here than on germany, and japan in all of wwii combined. This only a part of the largest Covert Military operation in history. A conflict that became known as the secret war. There were three Intelligence Officers, key players in this secret war, who depending on who you ta
KLUANG: A school teacher, who hoped to make some quick gains by investing in stocks in China, was duped in a fake investment scam, causing her to lose RM359,000.