Article about the daily life in Vientiane, Lao Buddhist beliefs, and food.

Describes the engineering projects by USAID in small Lao villages.

Records for the ship Encarnacion, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Marino Gillado. On this trip, Encarnacion brought twenty settlers from China to work for Juan Vermay.

Guide on the history, climate, geography, language, religion, and cultural customs of the Lao.

Records for the ship Kate Hooper, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with La Compania Asiatica, Torices, Puente y Co, and Ferran y Dupierris. On this trip, the Kate Hooper brought a worker from China to work as a domestic servant.

Records for the ship Francis P Sage, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente and Ferran y Dupierris. This worker was to be employed in the countryside for Luisa de Mella.

Records for the ship Kate Hooper, which brought Chinese settlers from China to Cuba under contract with Torices, Puente and Ferran y Dupierris. One worker from China to work as a domestic servant for Antonio M. Rodriguez in Matanzas.

Reports on the Nam Ngum Project; geographic, demographic and ethnic background in Laos; the Meo of Xieng Khouang Province; Village Life in Vientiane Province; and Minority Groups in Northern Laos especially the Yao