This is a music video entitled "Go Laos" to encourage all Lao athletes to do their best in the 25th SEA Games. This music video is sponsored by "Tigo", a telecommunication company in Laos. To watch the video, click at the clip below
The Lao national karatedo team is hopeful of success at the 25th SEA Games in Vientiane this December after winning a bronze medal in the last games in Thailand in 2007.
Marketing Manager of Lao Asia Pacific Breweries, Mr Kelvin Tan, presented US$10,000 to Vice President of the Lao Karatedo Federation, Dr Sonethanou Thammavong, in Vientiane on Tuesday.
Mr Tan said the funding would go towards assisting karatedo athletes prepare for the games.
Dr Sonethanou said the funding would support the team undertake training and purchase some equipment.
The squad has been training for the games since February, and consists of 14 men and 12 women in various weight divisions.
Later this month the team will enter a training camp at the National Sports Training Centre.
The federation will send some fighters to train in Hanoi , Vietnam from September to November.
They will replace 14 athletes who have been training in Hanoi since April.
The men in the national squad will compete in the 55, 60 to 80kg weight categories at the games, and women in the 47, 53 to over 60kg divisions.
The team will also compete in the dancing event, which consists of singles and team categories, as well as in the fighting event.
Two international karatedo tournaments will be held in Phuket province, Thailand in August in order to test the squad's skills before the games.
By Sangkhomsay Bubphanouvong
Vientianetimes
(KPL) The Lao Brewery Company (LBC) has made a decision to support US$1 million for the Lao PDR to be the host of the 25th SEA Games in 2009.
This is according to a signing ceremony among the LBC, Phethchampa Advertising Company, RSBs Companies on 22 August at Done Chan Palace Hotel.
The signing ceremony of the patronisation was witnessed by Standing Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. Somsavat Lengsavad and President of the Lao National Sports Committee, Dr. Phouthong Seng-akhom.
The LBC’s support will cover the 25th SEA Games activities becoming main sponsor of Laos and for the 25th SEA Games.
Laos has scheduled to be the host of the 25th SEA Games in 2009 but now it is a big challenge for the first time of the Laos, particularly the preparing plan which is quite poor in order to avoiding bad feedback from society in the nation and overseas.
The preparing plan should be made better than current situation, said an official concerned.
Laos has no experience to organise the big event like the SEA Games if this job’s output was good it would raise the reputation of the country to the international stage, an official of the Lao National Sports Committee continued.
At present, the Government has received constantly from private companies, international organisations and friendly countries for preparing the 2009 SEA Games.
Source: kpl
