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>> On Mar 3, 8:02 pm, ດອກກະຈຽວ gmail.com> wrote:

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>>> Farmers who once cultivated opium poppies in villages in Oudomxay
>>> province are enjoying a better quality of life and more income,
>>> provincial Deputy Governor Khampheng Chittavong said.

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>>> Mr Khampheng was speaking during a visit by the Chairman of the Lao
>>> National Commission for Drug Control and Supervision, Mr Soubanh
>>> Srithirath, who last Thursday and Friday led 14 ambassadors and United
>>> Nations representatives on a tour of the province's Drug Treatment
>>> Centre.

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>>> The Director of the Post-opium Surpass Poverty Project in Oudomxay
>>> province, Mr Houmphan Bouphakham, gave a presentation on the project's
>>> activities and showed guests goods for sale at the centre.

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>>> Mr Houmphan told the visitors that products for sale include brooms,
>>> vases, po sa paper handicrafts, lau khao (rice whisky), and weavings.
>>> The products are made by drug addicts being treated at the centre.

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>>> The group was visited by the head of Had-aen village in La district, a
>>> particular target of the project.

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>>> "We are quite happy to tell visitors coming here that our farmers are
>>> ready to give up opium poppy cultivation," Village Head Khamhak
>>> Vilavongsa told the guests.

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>>> The project is a government initiative to improve living conditions
>>> for former opium addicts by providing alternative livelihoods, he
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>>> Mr Soubanh presented US$5,000 to district authorities for the
>>> construction of a district counterpart office, and the project also
>>> released US$6,000 of micro credit funds to Had-aen village.

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>>> Guests were invited to observe villagers making bio-sand water filters
>>> and Pampas gra ss brooms for sale.

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>>> Mr Bounpheng Siamphone, 43, a resident of Had-aen village, told
>>> Vientiane Times that since Oudomxay province was declared free of
>>> opium poppy plantations two years ago, most villagers have been making
>>> and selling Pampas grass brooms.

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>>> "The Post-opium Surpass Poverty Project is buying the br ooms from
>>> us," he said.

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>>> There are over 80 families in the village, of whom 33 are members of
>>> the micro credit fund which was established a month and a half ago, Mr
>>> Khamhak said.

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>>> The fund has received cash deposits worth about 750,000 kip. Members
>>> can borrow up to 800,000 kip every three months to use for business
>>> purposes. The interest rate is 4,000 kip every three months for every
>>> 100,000 kip deposited, Mr Khamhak said.

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>>> By Vientiane Times
>>> (Latest Update March 04, 2008)

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>> It doesn’t sound right, DKJ one kilo of opium is 100 times higher
>> than a price of one kilo of rice.
>> The reason why Hmong poor at that time, because all
>> their monies from selling opium they let VP keep it.
>> As you can see, more than 30 year Hmong still across
>> Mekong river to Thailand because they want to come
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> You piss of ass just miss the golden oppotunity to be the King of all
> Kings.  Drug rules,j ust ask Bush, damn retarted fucking Loapuhc.
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