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	Maps of Laos - Provinces
		The ruggedly hilly province is sandwished between Phongsali on the north, Luang Prabang on the east, Luang Namtha and Bokeo on the west, and Xayabouri on the south.
		Muang Xai, the capital of the province in the northern section, is the junction of the highways connecting the Lao northern provinces: Phongsali, Luang Namtha, Bokeo and Luang Prabang.
		The north-eastern province is bordering with Vietnam to the north and east, Luang Prabang to the west, and Xieng Khouang to the south.
	www.ourweb.info /01/maps/laos/index2.shtml (3272 words)

	Vacation in Laos with Asian Vacations, Inc.
		Phongsali is situated in the most northern tip of Laos, enclosed three sides by China and Vietnam and cut off to overland travel from Oudomxai to the south.
		Luang Namtha Province is located in the northwest of Laos, bordered by Myanmar in the northwest, China to the north, Oudomxai province to the southeast, and Bokeo province to the southwest.
		The capital of the province, Sayabouri is on the banks of the Nam Hung, a tributary of the Mekong.
	www.vacationsinlaos.com /Provinces.htm (4795 words)

	Phongsali travel guide with guesthouse and hotel reviews
		The northernmost province of Laos, Phongsali surprises the few visitors it receives as it is neither heavily wooded as many expect, nor is the same-named provincial capital packed with colourfully dressed minorities.
		This is because Phongsali lost much of its tree cover to the Chinese in return for their support of the Pathet Lao, and the minority groups tend to stick to the hills unless there is a major festival taking place.
		Driven between China's Yunnan and Vietnam's Lai Chau, the province is a bit of an oddity as far as Laos is concerned, like neighbouring Udomxai province, Phongsali even today demonstrates a heavy Chinese influence, and many have suggested that had it not been for the French, Phongsali would have been part of China long ago.
	www.travelfish.org /province/laos/northern_laos/phongsali (379 words)

	Laos Travel Tips
		Phongsali province the most remote in northern Laos is surrounded on three sides by China and Vietnam.
		X ieng Khouang province is situated in the north of Laos, a province of green montains and karst limestone.
		S alavan province is home to the Phu Xieng Thong National Biodiversity Conservation Area, covering nearly 1,000 sq km in the western part of the province next to the Mekong river.
	www.southtravels.com /asia/laos/traveltips/attraction.html (1841 words)

	Phongsali province - Laos
		The northernmost province of Laos is the home to many minority ethnic hilltribe people, their cultures and villages amids rolling hills after hills of natural scenery.
		The province borders with China and Vietnam in the north, east and west.
		The Ethnic Museum in Phongsali city center is a place where visitors can see traditional costumes and lifestyles of the locals.
	www.khamla.com /provinces/1 (265 words)

	Provinces of Laos and their tourist attractions
		The province has many ethnic groups with their own unique culture, language and identity such as wedding ceremony, handcrafts, silverware, jewelry, house building style, etc. One can travel to this place by road during summer and winter seasons.
		Mekong river is the main blood line of the province providing both water and transport routes to other provinces.
		This southernmost province of Laos is bordering with Vietnam and Cambodia.
	trekthailand.8k.com /laos_others (1001 words)

	Reizen naar Laos - Vakantie in Laos
		Huaphanh province, a mysterious, beautiful and abundant land, is situated in the North East of Laos, bordered by Xieng Khuang and Luangprabang to the west and Vietnam to the east.It was the best of the Lao people's Revolutionary activities and especially the historic interest as the geographical heart of the liberation struggle.
		This mountainous northern province is wedged between Luang Prabang in the east, Phongsaly in the northeast, Sayabouri in the south and china sharing small northern borders.
		Phongsaly is situated in the most northern tip of Laos, enclosed three sides by China and Vietnam and cut off to overland travel from Oudomsay to the south.
	www.reiswijs.nl /landeninfo/azie/laos/laos.html (1474 words)

	Travel to Phong Saly tours tour operator Savannakhet Laos - Information about Phongsaly and Laos
		Phongsaly province the most remote in northern Laos, enclosed three sides by China and Vietnam and cut off to overland travel from Oudomsay to the south.
		More than twenty ethnicities make up the province's population of approximately 153,400;among them Iko, Loma, Akha, Pusang, Thai Dam, Thai Deng, Yao, Thai Lu, Khamou, Phai, Solo, Lao Hoy etc. All retain district cultures, Languages and religious beliefs, though their most obvious difference is their dress of woman of each tribe.
		Phongsaly can be reached by road and river, from Oudomsay it is possible to travel by road as far as Muangkhua in southern Phoisaly then continue from Muangkhua by boat.
	www.threeland.com /Phongsaly.htm (350 words)

	Phongsali Province - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There are also several Chinese manufacturing companies in the province, along with other foreign investment.
		Because of economic commerce with China, large portions of the province have been deforested.
		Phongsali - Salavan - Savannakhet - Vientiane - Xaignabouli - Xekong - Xiangkhoang
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Phongsali_Province (191 words)

	Laos
		An LEC church in Ban Nong Ing, Champhon District of Savannakhet Province, was torn down by local officials in early 2003, its wood used to construct a bicycle parking shed for a nearby school.
		The similarity of renunciation forms from province to province indicated a concerted effort on the part of the Government or of the Communist Party to decimate the LEC through renunciations.
		In most provinces, incidents of arrests of religious leaders declined, there were no reports of new church closings, and other acts of abuse of Christian minorities, such as village expulsions, were limited to a small number of areas.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/irf/2003/23837.htm (5879 words)

	(E) Asia
		FY 2002 program funds will be used to expand the new crop control project begun in FY 1999 in Phongsali Province, and to support eradication efforts in areas that have received crop control assistance.
		Phongsali Province is the most important opium-producing province in Laos, according to the most recent UNDCP surveys, and has seen little development assistance because of its extremely remote location and lack of roads.
		The Phongsali project has begun with a heavy initial investment in road construction to provide access to markets and government services, which will be followed by support for improved food production and alternative income activities such as weaving and raising livestock.
	www.state.gov /p/inl/rls/rpt/cbj/fy2002/3704.htm (3973 words)

	Phongsali travel and information guide
		hongsali province the most remote in northern Laos is surrounded on three sides by China and Vietnam.
		The Phu Den Din National Biodiversity Conservation Area along the Vietnamese border with mountains as high as 1950m with over 70% forest cover is home to the asiatic fl bear, bantang, clouded leopard, elephant, guar and tiger.
		Phongsali has a year round cool climate with temperatures as low as 5 degrees Celcius at night.
	www.visit-laos.com /where/phongsali/index.htm (189 words)

	Narcotics Affairs Section - U.S. Embassy Vientiane, Laos
		The primary goals of these projects are to reduce/eliminate opium cultivation and addiction and provide viable alternatives to some of rural Laos' poorest areas, where opium has been a way of life for generations among the mainly ethnic minority populations.
		Phongsali province, located in the extreme north of Laos, is one of the country's poorest provinces and up to the LAP, was mainly bypassed by external donors due to access difficulties.
		As with most other northern provinces, a significant number of people (estimated at 20 percent) cannot grow sufficient rice to last throughout the year.
	vientiane.usembassy.gov /nas.html (2680 words)

	Around the World with Wes and Masami - Around the World Travelogue by Wes and Masami Heiser with Journal Photographs ...
		The northernmost province of Phongsali, on the other hand, has fewer tourists, less infrastructure, and maybe a more authentic experience.
		Phongsali is a remote town with 4 hours of electricity per day from 18:00 to 22:00 and running water in the morning every other day.
		Remarkably, after 2 days of walking through the jungle, Phongsali seemed like an inviting return to civilization, even without water and electricity.
	www.atwtravel.net /doc/english/journal/laos/phongsali.htm (665 words)

	Vietnamese Drug Use a 'National Disaster'
		With surveys showing that a high incidence of drug abuse among teenagers, authorities have gone as far as to introduce urine tests at some schools where there are unusually high rates of truancy, and where students are prone to rude behaviour or are inattentive in the classroom.
		Such tests were recently carried out by the health service of northern Lang Son province, and found that seven percent of the students tested positive for drug use.
		Until 1993, Truong was a policeman in northern Lai Chau province, close to Phongsali province.
	www.monitor.net /monitor/9611a/vietdrugs.html (767 words)

	People Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		One group live in Phongsali Province, the northernmost province of Laos, in the Boun-Tai, Boun-Nua, Phongsali and Samphan districts.
		According to one source, the Phai in Xaignabouri are different from those in Laos, but the Phai of Phongsali are the same culturally and linguistically.
		The Phai are generally known as a poverty-stricken and despised people, with a poor sense of self-worth.
	www.laos4him.com /phai.html (384 words)

	Udomxai travel guide with guesthouse and hotel reviews
		This long, thin province is wedged between the Mekong River to the south, Luang Nam Tha and Bokeo provinces to the west, Phongsali province to the north and Luang Prabang province to the east.
		Most travellers find themselves in Udomxai province either sitting in the riverside boatstop of Pakbeng, or the mountainous truckstop of Muang Xai -- in both cases generally on the way to somewhere else.
		Below are some of the main destinations you'll find within Udomxai province, along with detailed information on guesthouses and hotels, restaurants and bars, activities and much more.
	www.travelfish.org /province/laos/northern_laos/udomxai (298 words)

	Photos of Luang Nam Tha, Oudomxai, Phongsali, Luang Prabang - northern Laos
		As in the other mountainous provinces there are many groups of people living in Oudomxai such as Hmong, Akha, Thai dam, Thai khao, Thai Neua, Khamu, Lao Huay, and many others.
		Muang Xai, the capital of the province in the northern section, is the highway junction connecting the northern provinces: Phongsali, Luang Namtha, Bokeo and Luang Prabang.
		The northernmost province of Laos is the home to many minority ethnic hilltribe people, their villages amids rolling hills of natural scenery.
	www.ourweb.info /01/photos/laos/007 (342 words)

	INCSR -- 2000 Southeast Asia and the Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		In January, the GOL and UNDCP conducted an opium field survey of 391 villages in 11 provinces of northern Laos.
		Opium is produced in the ten northern provinces of Laos as a cash or barter crop and as a traditional medicine.
		In the northern provinces alone, the addiction rate is 4.84 percent of the population above 15 years old.
	russia.shaps.hawaii.edu /drugs/incsr2000/incsr_2000_laos.html (2621 words)

	laos
		We drank a couple Beer Lao and ate some peanuts in the Phongsali Hotel restaurant, where the walls were decorated with posters of Western food, like bacon and eggs sunny side up with toast, orange juice and coffee, on china with silver flatware.
		Also at the fair were a bunch of stalls depicting the advance of technology, agriculture, communication, and transport in Phongsali Province.
		Dave and I had no idea what this man’s mission in life was, but we figured that he was the minister for tourism in the Province of Phongsali.
	www.eyeshot.net /laos.html (3865 words)

	2/1/2003-2/11/2003: Up the Nam Ou River
		Many Phongsali locals with whom I spoke in Thai or English agreed that the feel was different here and attributed it to the presence of large numbers of Chinese (whose border in Yunnan province is only 40 kilometers away), or at least their cultural influence.
		Phongsali is definitely the ugliest town I have ever seen in Southeast Asia.
		They were bringing heavy baskets of goods on their back to sell at the market in Phongsali, and they also sold as many goods as they could to people and villages they passed on the way.
	www.lurkertech.com /chris/travel/2003.02.01-2003.02.11.htm (13469 words)

	Travels along the Mekong and other stories
		Phongsali Province tucked between China, Vietnam and Oudomsay Province in Northern Lao is a beautiful, relatively untouched area of South East Asia.
		The province is extremely mountainous with elevation 450 m to 1,800 m above sea level.
		There are no borders open to foreigners between Phongsali and either China or Vietnam at this point, making it a bit of a dead-end destination for travellers and, as such, is relatively unspoiled by farang.
	www.pbwalker.blogspot.com (9979 words)

	UNODC - Follow-up to the Action Plan on International Cooperatio
		In Pakistan, UNDCP is continuing its alternative development activities in the Dir district of the North-West Frontier Province.
		Estimated programme costs include $60 million for alternative development, 25 per cent of which is earmarked for roadworks supported by the Government in the form of soft loans.
		In Viet Nam, during the period under review, UNDCP supported the $4 million Ky Son alternative development pilot project (first phase) in the province of Nghe An, bordering the Lao People's Democratic Republic and covering 202,500 hectares, with a target population of 38,000.
	www.unodc.org /unodc/pt/document_1999-12-22_2.html (2641 words)

	Laos travel and tourists information
		Mekong river serves as Laos border with Myanmar and Thailand for the most part, and is an important transport route in the region.
		The country is divided into 17 provinces and a municipality.
		In Vientiane province (and Vientiane municipality) the highest and lowest mean temperatures recorded between 1998 and 2003 are 38ºC (April mid-day) and 18ºC (January morning) respectively.
	www.asterism.info /laos (619 words)

	People Group (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The majority are located in the Boun-Tai District of Phongsali Province.
		They are located directly across the border in Mengla County of Yunnan Province.
		In China the Bit have not been placed under any minority group, but were counted in the 1990 census in a list of Undetermined Minorities by the Chinese authorities.
	www.laos4him.com /bit.html (370 words)

	Northern Expedition 2, 6 days - LAO-B-06
		Journey north through the mountainous region of Luang Prabang Province and Udomxai Province passing the village of Pakmong.
		Capital of Phongsali Province and built on the steep slopes of Phu Fa (1625m), Phongsali possesses a cool climate year round with fog and clouds common in the morning at any time of the year.
		PHOU NOI VILLAGES: although the Phou Noi no longer dress traditionally, their culture is very distinct from the lowland Lao and their villages are very rural and original.
	www.germantravelnetwork.com /Html/D/Asia/indochina/LAO-B-06EL.html (250 words)

	INCSR -- 2001 Southeast Asia and the Pacific (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		U.S. data indicates that Phongsali and Houaphan provinces continue to be the largest producers of opium poppy.
		In the Lao-American project area of Phongsali Province, construction continued on a 72-km road that will link remote, opium-cultivating villages and facilitate alternative crop substitution and market access.
		The USG also is planning to support a new Lao initiative in the area of demand reduction for methamphetamine abuse, particularly among teenage students.
	russia.shaps.hawaii.edu /drugs/incsr2001/incsr_2001_laos.html (3225 words)

	Hanuman Tourism - Voyages
		These are both bases for some of the best trekking in northern Laos, with more than 35 different ethnic minority groups in the region and natural attractions in abundance.
		For those wanting something really different it is possible to trek into the northern forests of Phongsali province, a region that has seen few visitors.
		Further south, Luang Prabang is a charming base for some gentle treks through the surrounding countryside that offer the perfect introduction to rural life in Laos.
	www.hanumantourism.com /laos/activities/activities.html (590 words)

	Travels in Asia: Phongsali, Laos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		From Muang Khua, Patrick and I continued up the river by speedboat to Hat Sa where a truck took us to Phongsali, capital of Phongsali Province in the far north.
		There is an active market in Phongsali where you can load up on provisions for excursions into the hills.
		On any given day any number of Phongsali's numerous ethnicities will be represented.
	www.travelsinasia.com /Laos/Phongsali.htm (140 words)

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