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ຊະນະໄພ ຂຽນໄວ້:

ກໍ່ບໍ່ຕິດອກການທີ່ຄົນສ່ວນໃຫ່ຍຍັງເຂົ້າໃຈຜິດຕໍ່ກັບຜົນທີ່ຄາດວ່າ ສປປ ລາວ ຈະໄດ້ຮັບໃນການເຂົ້າເປັນສະມາຊິກຂອງ WTO, ASEAN ແລະອື່ນໆ ເພາະຂ້ອຍເອງກໍ່ເຄີຍຄິດຄືພວກທ່ານຄືກັນ. ທີ່ຈິງແລ້ວການໄດ້ເຂົ້າເປັນ ສະມາຊິກຈະເຮັດໃຫ້ ສປປລ ໄດຜົນປະໂຫຽດມະຫາສານຖ້າທຽບໃສ່ການບໍ່ໄດ້ເປັນສະມາຊິກ. ຫຼາຍຄົນຕັ້ງຄຳຖາມວ່າແລ້ວລາວຈະເຮັດຫັຍງໄປຂາຍ ແມ້ແຕ່ໄມ້ຈີ້ມແຂ້ວກໍ່ໄປຊື້ມາແຕ່ຕ່າງປະເທດ, ຄັນເບິ່ງແບບງ່າຍໆກໍ່ຄືຄວາມເພິ່ນວ່າຢູ່ໄດ ແຕ່ໃນຄວາມເປັນຈິງ ຍ້ອນວ່າລາວບໍ່ສາມາດຜະລິດຫັຍງໄດ້ ເຖີງມີເງີນໄປຊື້ກົນຈັກມາຜະລິດລົດຍົນ ຫຼື ອື່ນໆທີ່ມີຄຸນນະພາບດີກ່ວາເຢຍຣະມັນ ຫຼື ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ ກໍ່ບໍ່ສາມາດຂາຍໄດ້ຄືເກົ່າ ເພາະປັດໃຈຕົ້ນຕໍແມ່ນຄວາມເຊື່ອໝັ້ນຂອງຜູ້ບໍລິໂພກທີ່ມີຕໍ່ລາວ ແລະກຳແພງພາສີຕ່າງໆ ສະນັ້ນ ສປປລ ຈຶ່ງມີຄວາມຈຳເປັນທີ່ສຸດທີ່ຈະຕ້ອງເປັນສິມາຊິກໃຫ້ໄດ້ ຫຼັງຈາກໄດ້ເປັນສະມາຊິກແລ້ວ ອັດຕາພາສີຕ່າງໆຢູ່ເຂດອື່ນເພິ່ນເກັບເທົ່າໃດເຮົາກໍ່ໄດ້ເກັບເທົ່າເພິ່ນ ປະເທດອື່ນເສຍເທົ່າໃດ ເຮົາກໍ່ເສຍເທົ່າເພິ່ນ ເມື່ອນັກທຸລະກິດເຫັນຊ່ອງທາງແນວນັ້ນແລ້ວ ເພິ່ນກໍ່ຈະມາສຶກສາຄວາມເປັນໄປໄດ້ໂດຍບວກກັບປັດໃຈແວດລ້ອມອື່ນໆເພື່ອມາລົງທຶນຕັ້ງໂຮງງານຕ່າງຂຶ້ນ ຜະລິດເພື່ອສົ່ງອອກກັບໄປຂາຍປະເທດເຂົາເຈົ້າຫັ້ນລະ ຄົນລາວກໍ່ຈະມີວຽກເຮັດ, ລັດຖະບານກໍ່ຈະມີລາຍໄດ້ຈາກການເກັບພາສີ ແລະຄ່າສຳປະທານຕ່າງໆ, ເງີນກີບລາວກໍ່ຈະມີສະເຖຍລະພາບ ຕົວຢ່າງທີ່ມີໃຫ້ເຫັນກັນກໍ່ຄື: ຈີນ, ໄທ, ຫວຽດນາມ ສາມາດຜະລິດສີນຄ້າສົ່ງອອກຂາຍທົ່ວໂລກມັນບໍ່ແມ່ນຍ້ອນຄົນຂອງສາມປະເທດນັ້ນຫາກພາກັນຄິດເອງ, ລົງທຶນເອງ ແຕ່ແມ່ນນັກລົງທຶນຕ່າງປະເທດ (ຍີ່ປຸ່ນ, ເອີຣົບ, ອາເມລິກາ)ມາລົງທຶນເອງໝົດກວມເອົາ 95% ຂອງມູນຄ່າການລົງທຶນທັງໝົດ. ຄັນພວກເຮົາຄິດວ່າຖ້າຄົນລາວສາມາດຜະລິດໄດ້ເອງເມື່ອໃດຄ່ອຍເຂົ້າ ຄິດວ່າອີກ 500ປີກໍ່ຍັງຄືເກົ່າ.

Anonymous wrote:

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ນອກຈາກກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍຊັບສິນທາງປັນຍາແລ້ວ ຍັງຕ້ອງໄດ້ດັດແກ້ຮ່າງກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍແຮງງານ

ຊຶ່ງມັນກໍ່ເຊື່ອມໂຍງໄປຫາກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍສິດທິມະນຸດອີກດ້ວຍ, ແຕ່ຂ້ອຍຄິດວ່າຍັງມີຫຼາຍບັນຫາທີ່

ທ້າທ້າຍຊຶ່ງຄົນລາວທຸກຄົນຈະຕ້ອງໄດ້ຮ່ວມແຮງຮ່ວມໃຈກັນສູ້ຊົນ.

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 ລອງອ່ານເບິ່ງບັນຫາອັນທ້າທາຍຂອງປະເທດລາວຈາກ ໜັງສືພິມຍັກໃຫຍ່ Wall Street Journal ລອງເບິ່ງ

ແລ້ວສິຮູ້ດີວ່າ ນັກລົງທຶນຕ່າງຊາດນັ້ນເຂົາເບິ່ງປະເທດລາວໄປໃນແງ່ໃດ ສິມີທາງແກ້ໄຂໄດ້ບໍ່.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204712904578095803856823378.html?mod=googlenews_wsj#articleTabs%3Darticle

Y²=X-1 wrote:

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ເຂົາວ່ານັກລົງທຶນຊາວຕ່າງປະເທດບໍ່ໝັ້ນໃຈໃນຄວາມໂປ່ງໃສຂອງນັກການເມືອງຂອງ ສປປ ລາວ ຫວາ?

ຫຼືເຂົາເວົ້າຫຍັງກັນແທ້ເພາະຂ້ານ້ອຍບໍ່ເກັ່ງປານໃດ໋ພາສາອັງນິດນີ້ນະ.

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 ແມ່ນແລ້ວ ໂດຍສະເພາະຫລັງຈາກເຫດການທີ່ເກີດຂື້ນກ່ຽວກັບ ບໍລິສັດ Sanum Investments ຫວ່າງບໍ່ດົນມານີ້ ຊຶ່ງພວກຊາວນັກລົງທຶນທັງຫຼາຍ

ເຫັນວ່າມັນເປັນປະກົດການທີ່ບໍ່ໜ້າໄວ້ວາງໃຈຖ້າຫາກມາລົງທຶນໃນລາວ ແລະທາງການລາວກໍບໍ່ມີທ່າທີ່ແນວໃດທີ່ຈະອອກມາແກ້ໄຂພາບພົບທີ່ເສຍໄປນັ້ນ.

ກົດຫມາຍລາວກໍໄດ້ສະແດງອອກມາຢ່າງຈະແຈ້ງວ່າ ບໍ່ມີຄວາມສາມາດທີ່ຈະໃຫ້ຄວາມຍຸດຕິທຳໃຫ້ແກ່ຝ່າຍທີ່ເສຍຫາຍໄດ້. ທາງຝ່າຍ Sanum ຈຶ່ງໄດ້ແລ່ນ

ໄປຫາອົງການທະນາຄານໂລກເພື່ອແກ້ໄຂຄະດີດັ່ງກ່າວ.

ຂພຈຂໍ copy ຂ່າວຈາກ Wall Street Journal ມາໃຫ້ຜູ້ທີ່ເຂົ້າໄປອ່ານບໍ່ໄດ້ :

By SUSAN SCHWAB AND GÜNTER BURGHARDT

Today is a big day for Laos. Overshadowed by its neighbors for years, it will host this year's Asia-Europe Summit for the first time. The country recently finalized its accession to the World Trade Organization, the last member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to do so. This marks a major step in Laos' integration into the global economy. Yet the government seems bent on grasping defeat from the jaws of victory.

The problem is that WTO membership alone won't be enough to sustain the country's current boom. Economic growth of 8.3% this year is impressive, but is tilted toward mining and other heavy industries. The economy must eventually attract a broader range of investments.

Although Vientiane will reap many rewards from WTO membership, plenty of growth hurdles will remain. The World Bank's 2012 "Ease of Doing Business" index ranks the Lao Peoples Democratic Republic 165th out of 183 countries, a drop of two spots from 163rd in 2011. In 2011, Laos attracted only $450 million in foreign direct investment, compared to the $892 million into Cambodia or the $7.4 billion into Vietnam, according to the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development.

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Laos' Industry and Commerce Minister Nam Viyaketh with WTOdirector general Pascal Lamy.

Vientiane has done significant damage to its own reputation through its poor treatment of foreign and domestic investors alike. For a case study, consider the history of one of our clients, Sanum Investments Ltd. Since May 2007, the Macau-based subsidiary of a Dutch company has invested more than $85 million in a variety of projects, including resorts and gaming facilities in Laos. This has created more than 2,000 jobs.

Yet as the businesses have become more successful, they have come in for unwanted attention from some quarters of the government. The Tax Department, under the Ministry of Finance, now claims the company owes $23 million in unpaid construction taxes, various overtime fees for immigration services provided by the government at the border and an agent tax on fees paid to the operators of junkets that bring tourists to the casinos and resorts. These charges range from questionable to entirely fabricated.

Such disputes aren't unusual in the world of international investment, but Vientiane's handling of the matter has been troubling. The government has used the dispute as an excuse to cancel permits for existing and future projects, launch unlawful audits and impose retroactive tax demands. In one instance, of which the Queen in "Alice in Wonderland" would be proud, a Lao court imposed an unheard of $5 million fine and began enforcing it before the hearing was over.

The Tax Department has pursued the tax case despite the fact that in 2012 the Ministry of Finance signed an agreement with Sanum confirming that all construction taxes had already been paid. Three prime ministerial decrees have stated that overtime fees were not to be charged. The original agreement with the government under which Sanum invested was supposed to provide for a flat tax on all revenues through December 2013.

The matter of agent taxes is slightly more complex, hinging on the correct understanding of the legal relationship between Sanum and junket operators. But the caprice with which Vientiane has acted in the other matters doesn't inspire confidence in its ability to reach a fair resolution.

Indeed, despite what appear to be firm statements from government officials in Sanum's favor in two of the three disputed matters, the Tax Department maintains that if the company doesn't pay the $23 million bill, it will seize Savan Vegas, the company's largest remaining project in Laos.

If it does, the likely beneficiary will be the ST Group. It has already been handed another valuable Sanum asset, the Thanaleng Slot Club. That casino was seized in April 2012, once its monthly net income attained the $3 million mark, after legal wrangling similar to the current cases involving Sanum.

In that instance, which started as a joint venture between Sanum and ST Group, the ST Group sued Sanum on baseless allegations that the expiration of a temporary agreement ended the joint venture, even though the Master Agreement between the parties covering all Lao investments remained in full force. The proceeding itself was heavily tilted in ST Group's favor—Sanum was only given three days' notice of the setting of the trial, insufficient given the magnitude of the proceeding.

Moreover, Sanum was afforded only an hour to present evidence in a complex commercial matter, saw its assets seized by the court before the trial was over, and less than an hour later was issued a nine-page, single-spaced court judgment. After wrongfully awarding Sanum's 60% stake in the venture to ST Group, the court then imposed a $5 million fine on Sanum for having asserted a counterclaim for damages that was denied.

This kind of case has an obvious chilling effect on foreign investment, but its negative consequences for Laotians extend further. Sanum has filed for international arbitration against the government, pursuant to international investment treaties Vientiane signed. Not only is such arbitration expensive for Laotian taxpayers, but if Sanum wins, the taxpayers will have to pay compensation.

Laotians have already incurred such an expense at least once in recent history. In 2009, Thai-Lao Lignite, a Thai company, won an arbitration award against Laos. In that case, the company had signed a project development agreement with Vientiane to build a power plant near the Thai border to sell electricity into Thailand. After a dispute arose over whether the company was also allowed to mine coal in Laos for the plant, the government tried to argue Thai-Lao Lignite hadn't been a party to the PDA. The company received a multi-million dollar judgment from an arbitration tribunal.

It does not have to be this way. Just as joining the WTO will require fundamental changes associated with more openness and respect for the rule of law, so too Laos' leaders can decide to turn the corner and respect foreign investment. A positive change here can complement WTO accession and send the message that Laos is ready for sustained growth.

Ms. Schwab is a former U.S. Trade Representative. Mr. Burghardt is a former European Union ambassador to the United States. They are a consultant and senior counsel respectively at the law firm Mayer Brown, where they advise the investors of Sanum Investments.

ນອກຈາກກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍຊັບສິນທາງປັນຍາແລ້ວຍັງຕ້ອງໄດ້ດັດແກ້ຮ່າງກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍແຮງງານ

ຊຶ່ງມັນກໍ່ເຊື່ອມໂຍງໄປຫາກົດໝາຍວ່າດ້ວຍສິດທິມະນຸດອີກດ້ວຍ, ແຕ່ຂ້ອຍຄິດວ່າຍັງມີຫຼາຍບັນຫາທີ່

ທ້າທ້າຍຊຶ່ງຄົນລາວທຸກຄົນຈະຕ້ອງໄດ້ຮ່ວມແຮງຮ່ວມໃຈກັນສູ້ຊົນ.

ແລ້ວສິຮູ້ດີວ່າ ນັກລົງທຶນຕ່າງຊາດນັ້ນເຂົາເບິ່ງປະເທດລາວໄປໃນແງ່ໃດ ສິມີທາງແກ້ໄຂໄດ້ບໍ່.

Gouvernement ມີທາງແກ້

 il n'y a que le gouvernement sera résoudre problème car c'est son affaire.

Il faut mieux que vous fassiez votre devoir, ça c'est bon, il faut bien que vous rappeler !!!

Friends, do not worry, this is not your business,
there is that the government will solve this problem as this is the case.
It is better that you do your duty, that's ok
You must remember!!!

Друзья, не волнуйтесь, это не ваше дело,
есть то, что правительство решит эту проблему,

как это имеет место.
Это лучшее, что вы делаете свой ​​долг, это хорошо
Вы должны помнить.

Friends, do not worry, this is not your business,
there is that the government will solve this problem as this is the case.
Even though we must remember