Admin Saovaluck wrote on 13
th Aug, 2010 at 11:17pm:
Lao Lan Xang, The Lao Kings you mentioned didn't have anything to do with Vietnam and Thailand, so building a statue to commemorate them in those countries wouldn't make sense.
Ho Chi Minh, on the other hand, played a role in the establishment of the Lao PDR. As a generation Y person, I am not fussy about the statue, as long as I'm not forced to worship it then I won't lose any sleep over it.
JACKSPADE, In any business, you want the best person to do the job. I've been to the Dansavanh Casino in Laos, and most of the employees are Lao people. It's interesting to read the thoughts of people regarding many things happening in Laos.
I'm just giving example about Thai and Lao king statue. Thai people will not like it if Laos build one of our great leader statue in Thailand. Lao people don't like it either that Vietnam is building Uncle Ho statue being in Laos. But Lao people has no say.
Thank you Uncle Ho for bringing poverty, Communism and culture of corruption to Laos. Under Socialism for over 30 yrs. I though Laos was to be like Singapore by now.