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Vientiane residents who still enjoy eating wild animals have been warned that they can become sick or die from eating the flesh of the monitor lizard if it is not properly cooked.

The monitor lizard is a carrion eater and its blood carries dangerous bacteria, said Mynoi, who preferred not to give her real name, of Sokphaluang village in Sisattanak district, Vientiane.

“My husband always brings back a lizard to eat at home when he goes to the provinces for work. Lizard is a special meat, but it must be cooked well before eating it,” she explained.

Sometimes, his friends buy it for him when they return from working in the provinces and invite him round to their houses to eat it with them. They enjoy eating the reptile with Lao alcohol or beer, she said.

The lizard is a fierce predator and scavenger, feeding on insects, birds, reptiles and their eggs, small mammals, and carrion. This means that its mouth carries virulent bacteria, and its bite alone can cause illness or even death, according to Mynoi.

“I'm very afraid while I'm killing it to cook because my hands get covered in its blood, but I must do it, because my husband likes eating lizard meat,” she said.

Mynoi has never heard of anyone dying after eating wild animals in Vientiane or in other provinces of Laos. But she heard of people suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea after eating wildlife because vendors use formalin to preserve the meat for as long as possible.

“I knew the monitor lizard's mouth and blood were very dangerous from something I saw on TV,” she said.

Mynoi is always telling her husband he should eat pork, fish, beef and poultry instead of lizard, but he tells her she is crazy. Meat from farm animals can be bought anywhere but wildlife is hard to find in Lao markets, he reasons.

Lizards are usually caught and sold in remote markets throughout the country during the rainy season, because the animals venture out to find carrion the most at this time of year.

Large lizards are sold for about 120,000 kip each, but they are tastier in the dry season than during the rains, she said. During the wet season the flesh does not taste or smell as good because the animal has mainly been feeding on rotting carcasses.

According to Mrs Kounlathida Phetxiengda, a doctor from Settathirath Hospital, people should avoid eating wildlife meat to protect themselves from inevitable health problems, especially sickness caused by formalin, which vendors use to preserve fresh meat.


By Khonesavanh Latsaphao
Vientianetimes

(KPL) Director General of the Electricite du Laos (EDL) Khammany Inthirath has said at a press briefing that the country will build at least two hydro power plants every year until 2020.

To date, the country has a total of 14 hydro power plants with a combined capacity of 2,540MW over 10 plants with a total capacity of 700 MW in 2006.

As planned, the Nam Ngum 2 hydro power plant will come into operation in December this year. While Tard Salen (Savannakhet), Nam Ngum 3 ( Vientiane province) and Sekaman 3 (Sekong province) will start operation next year. The country will have two other power plants, Nam Song in Vientiane province and the expanded Theun-Hinboun in Borikhamsay province in 2012.

Meanwhile, the construction of a 1,800MW Hongsa thermal power plant in northwestern Sayaboury province will be completed in 2015.

The Government of Laos has planned to make the country a power generation hub of the region.

Together with developing hydro power projects, the government has also paid due attention to environment protection, especially forest and water resources.

Source KPL

GOTHENBERG, Sweden, July 25, 2010 /PRNewswire/ — An Under-18s football team from Laos, one of the poorest countries on Earth, have been awarded a key trophy at the world’s largest youth football tournament.

The Laos football team, who are the first football team in the history of Laos to ever play in any European football tournament, have been awarded the Fair Play Cup, in recognition of their outstanding record for good sportsmanship, and having also reached the Under 18s B semi-finals, following many great victories, including those against teams from the United States (2-1), Brazil (5-0), Sweden (3-0), Hungary (2-0) and Scotland (3-2).



Laos is widely recognised as the most bombed country in the world, following blanket bombing by American forces during the Vietnam War. One in five children dies before the age of 5, many through malnutrition. Thousands more are also killed or injured by the tens of millions of unexploded bombs that remain scattered, undetected but live throughout the Laos countryside.

The Gothia Cup is recognised globally as the World Cup for Under 18s football, and this year involves 1,567 teams from 71 nations, and more than 4,500 games. Dennis Andersson, Chairman of the Gothia Cup presented the team with the award live on national TV at a closing ceremony broadcast from the 25,000-seater Gamla Ullevi stadium.



Gareth Carter, organiser of the trip, said, “We’re delighted to have been able to take this team from the jungles of Laos to the world’s biggest youth football tournament, see them play great football, beating teams that tower above them and who often benefit from infinitely better modern facilities. For them to be honoured in this way before they go back to Laos is fabulous.”

The team’s coach, Manophet Mouidouangdy, whose job was managing munition clearance in Laos, died tragically just before the tournament and the boys saw the tournament as an opportunity to play in his memory, as well as a historic moment for Laos, this being the first time Laos have had a team playing in Europe.

Laos’s official team name is the English Development School (EDS) Laos Football Club, which is based in Phonsavan, in North West Laos. This is the area of Laos most badly affected by the legacy of the Vietnam War. Between the ten years between 1964 and 1973 one B-52 bombload was dropped on the country every eight minutes, 24 hours a day.



Team captain, Xay Savard, aged 18, said, “It has been amazing to come to Europe and we are so very happy to win this award and to show the world how Laos people play football and how good we can play.”

Laos top goal scorer, Thai Yang, also aged 18, said, “I am very happy and very proud of my team and my country. I would like to thank the Swedish people, organisers and sponsors. I am honoured to be here.”

The Laos team had many new experiences on this historic trip. None of the team had ever even flown on an aeroplane before. None of them had ever even seen the sea, but on this trip got to swim in it for the first time. Nor had they ever played on a proper football pitch before as their home pitch is primarily used for cattle grazing.

The team were supported by the local Laos community, who brought them Laos food before and after every match. The football team were unable to eat any local or junk food in Gothenburg, as it made them sick every time. One Laos player commented, “I ate a beefburger for the first time here, and if I did that often I think I would change shape and be very unhealthy.”

National Football Team hopes to pass Suzuki Cup qualifying rounds

(KPL) The Lao National team has an ambition to pass the Suzuki Cup 2010 qualifying rounds, scheduled for October 22-30 in Vientiane. The National Football Federation has called 76 players from eight local football clubs and invited three players from Champassak province after their outperformance in the 44th Anniversary of the Lao Sports Day competition held in central Borikhamsay province. However the team hopes that the government would have an English man David Booth to coach its players for the tournament. The National team will be divided into two groups for training and only 30 best players will be selected. The selected footballers will have full training at the National Football Training Centre at Houai Hong in August. The qualifying round of Suzuki Cup is to decide two teams out of five nations namely Cambodia, the Philippines, Brunei, Timor Leste and the Lao PDR. Meanwhile, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar and Singapore are not required to play in the qualifying rounds as they are stronger than the teams mentioned above.

(KPL) The government of the Lao PDR has now suspended approving new mining projects. By this the Ministry of Energy and Mining in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and Investment and local authorities is instructed to estimate the ongoing mining projects nationwide.

The government also ordered authorities concerned to inspect all documents of mining concessionaires in their site office and warn the companies that do not follow the rule and law of the Lao government.

The statement was disclosed by Mr. Soulivong Dalavong, Minister of Energy and Mining, to the 9th ordinary session of the National Assembly, sixth legislature. Mr. Soulivong Dalavong added that more than 30% of the conceded mining companies would be invited for the warning while 16 other companies will be asked to suspend their operation or their contract cancelled.

Mr. Soulivong also noted that inspection would continue till September 2010.

By June 2010, the number of investors in the mining sector amounts to 154 companies with 268 projects, 118 of which are foreign investors with 185 projects and 36 local companies with 38 projects.

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