On the Sunday afternoon my brother Chris and I were taken past Ban Xai to the old CIA airstrip. During the war the CIA using Hmong and Thai forces operated from three airfields. The one in the town of Phonsavan, the current airstrip called Xiengkhouang and this one which
MiVAC NEWS
MiVAC NEWS
New Use For Minefield – Sandy MacGregor
New Use For Minefield The month was June – June 2013. It was late in the afternoon and Yang drove me past the Pong Hor school, past the Police Agricultural buildings and then I spied it. New Fences! That’s right the area around the Khangpunghor Minefield had been fenced. I
John Salter – Report on Fish Pond.
We are now dabbling in fish, sooo we dug a big hole! That leaked! Lined it with plastic, annnnd it still leaked!! Soooo we then put in a concrete base and rendered brick walls , annnd now it is ready for fish. So any readers out there who know what to
John Salter on Lao Bunnings and Rice Paddy’s.
BUNNINGS and RICE PADDY’S We call our local hardware shop Bunnings , only because it makes it easier to say than Sopthaineuthang. Now in Phonsavan there must be 50 Bunnings type shops, all selling the same range of goods. At one end, Cement, then reo rod (no mesh here you
RENEW and MiVAC
PROJECT COMPLETION REPORT Project Implementation Brief In October 2012, Project RENEW and MiVAC signed an MoU agreeing that MiVAC would contribute $30,000 as matching funds to complete construction of a new building to house and operate new mushroom production equipment being donated by the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam. The MiVAC
Water Testing with IDEXX in Ban Xai
Water Testing with IDEXX in Ban Xai At the recent presentation of the MiVAC Annual Report John Salter – MiVAC’s Operations Manager in Phonsavan – told the gathering about the IDEXX equipment and what it could do. The next step was to tell the audience about the Ceramic Water Filter (CWF).
John Salter- Report on visit by Enrico Beretta, President Parramatta Lions.
Enrico Beretta ( that son of a gun) and his lovely Lao partner Savandaly, arrived on Wednesday. They were here for a two day visit, and stayed at the “Hard Bed Café” or is it just the Nice Guest house. We all went to Bamboozle for dinner and enjoyed a
Ban Xai to Cairns from David and Colene Clifton.
Ban Xai to Cairns. We have been home three weeks now and suffering a bit of reverse culture shock. Noise,traffic and all the unnecessary trappings that go with our lifestyle. Oh !! for the tinkling of cow bells ,wonderful sun sets and dawns , happy considerate people and our friends
Mushroom Factory- Vietnam
CONSTRUCTION OF THE EQUIPMENT WAREHOUSE AND PROCESSING FACILITY With funding support from Humpty Dumpty Institute (HDI) and MiVAC Trust (Mines Victims & Clearance Trust), a new warehouse and processing facility for the Japanese equipment that has been ordered is now being constructed at the Mushroom Center in Cam Lo District,
ANZAC DAY AT MIVAC HOUSE PHONSAVAN .
ANZAC DAY AT MIVAC HOUSE PHONSAVAN . A traditional Dawn Service was held at MiVAC House Phonsavan at 0530 this morning. John Salter gave a warm welcome to attendees and then recited the opening prayer. This was followed by the Anzac Day address given by Colonel Dougall McMillan, AO, SC