Two Vietnamese drug traffickers were captured in an attempt to carry heroin from Laos to Vietnam for shipment to China on Thursday.
“No Water Play” During Lao New Year in Luang Prabang
Luang Prabang has issued guidelines for safely celebrating Lao New Year in the province this year, with water play prohibited.
Teledyne e2v Semiconductors adds EV12AQ600 ADC to its portfolio of high-performance data converters certified to MIL-PRF-38535 Class Y for Space applications

QML Y certification was defined by a NASA led working group and it was officially published in the latest revision of DLA MIL-PRF-38535. The traditional QML V certification was only compatible with legacy hermetic assembly processes and new generation assembly techniques (such as flip-chip on ceramic) and subsequent manufacturing, screening and qualification flows were not taken into account. Reliability is paramount for products entering space and the QML Y allows space systems manufacturers to benefit from these latest technologies whilst still ensuring that each device produced is carefully verified. Teledyne e2v has actively participated in the QML Y working group.
EV12AQ600 is a QML-Y High Speed Analog to Digital Converter. It supports a sampling rate up to 6.4GSPS – among the highest in the world for space applications. It has a 7GHz analog bandwidth and many nice features like the Cross Point Switch, which transforms the ADC from a 1 to 4 channels, the Sampling Delay Adjust, and an easy multi-chip synchronization feature. It has successfully passed radiation testing up to 150kRad and is already Space-proven.
Nicolas Chantier, Marketing Director says “Because of the functionalities embedded in the EV12AQ600 ADC, space systems manufacturers will be able to simplify their design, reduce the number of components on their boards and benefit from the flexibility of a unique quad input switch. Coming with trusted radiation performance, this will have a significant impact by reducing the size, weight and power (SWaP) and increasing the reconfigurability of next generation space systems.”
Teledyne e2v now accepts orders for engineering and qualification models and flight models of EV12AQ600, including full qualification according to MIL-PRF-38535 class Y.
Useful Links:
https://semiconductors.teledyneimaging.com/en/products/data-converters/ev12aq600/
https://landandmaritimeapps.dla.mil/Downloads/MilSpec/Smd/21214.pdf
https://landandmaritimeapps.dla.mil/Programs/Smcr/detail.aspx?source=E2V%20SEMI.&spn=5962-2121401YXF&vspn=EV12AQ600AMGH-Y
About Teledyne e2v
Teledyne e2v’s innovations lead developments in healthcare, life sciences, Space, transportation, defense and security and industrial markets. Teledyne e2v’s unique approach involves listening to the market and application challenges of customers and partnering with them to provide innovative standard, semi-custom or fully custom solutions, bringing increased value to their systems.
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NEW! Savour Life’s Simple Joys with The All-New Ribena Simply Strawberry Range
Ribena Is Now More Than Just Blackcurrants – Taste the Refreshing Goodness of Strawberries!
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA – Media OutReach – 25 March 2022 – If you’re craving an exciting sip of something fruity and thirst-quenching, reach for Ribena’s berry-special newly launched offering – the refreshing Ribena Simply Strawberry range of drinks!

The Ribena Simply Strawberry range packs a delightful burst of delicious, juicy strawberry flavour in every sip. Best consumed in icy cold mixtures, the Ribena Simply Strawberry is a thirst-quenching beverage that contains goodness from European Strawberries! On top of that, the drink is rich in vitamin C and has no artificial sweeteners, guaranteeing a delicious and healthy treat for you and your loved ones.
“The Ribena Simply Strawberry range marks Ribena’s first venture in flavours outside of our recognised blackcurrant flavour,” shared Lam Hui Min, Head of Marketing, Beverage at Suntory Beverage & Food Malaysia Sdn Bhd. “Ribena is well-loved for its great taste and vitamin C-dense profile, all of which has earned Ribena a special place in the hearts of Malaysians.
“Now, we’re excited to expand our range of offerings with an exciting new flavour, so even more people can enjoy the goodness of Ribena. With Simply Strawberry, consumers can treat themselves anytime to life’s simple joys with the natural, delicious, and refreshing taste of strawberries,” she said.
Whether you’re mixing the cordial into a refreshing glass of icy cold water to share with your loved ones, or enjoying the taste of berry goodness on the go on your own, the NEW Ribena Simply Strawberry is suitable for all occasions and lifestyles! This new range consists of the Ribena-staple 1 Litre cordial – just one serving (200ml) fulfils our 100% daily Vitamin C requirements, perfect for sharing with family and friends. Meanwhile, The Ribena Strawberry ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages comes in three serving sizes such as the 450ml bottle, 330ml cheer pack and 200ml packets, priced at RM 3.40, RM2.90 and RM1.60 respectively.
Go All Red And Get A Chance To Win
The berry-licious fun doesn’t stop there! Ribena is also looking to reward 30 lucky winners with a special Instagram contest “The Best Strawberry Moments”. To participate, simply post your best strawberry, red-themed photo to your public Instagram profile with a caption on why you should win Ribena’s Simply Strawberry, tag @RibenaMalaysia and include the hashtags: #RibenaSimplyStrawberry and #SimplyBerryJoyful. The most creative photo will win you a whopping 3 months’ worth supply of Ribena Simply Strawberry 1L cordial!
“The simple joy in life comes with a simple taste of Ribena Strawberries. As Ribena has been a household name in Malaysia through our blackcurrant variant throughout the years, this year adds a new excitement for the festive celebrations,” Hui Min continued. “With this new Simply Strawberry, we hope to provide an added burst of berry-licious delight in the upcoming Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebrations, providing something meaningful and exciting to be shared with friends and family.”
Treat yourself to the simple joy of delicious taste of strawberries today! Ribena’s refreshing new Simply Strawberry range is now available at AEON and Lotus’s outlets across Malaysia, as well as at 99 Speedmart, and even online at Shopee Malaysia!
To keep up with the latest news from Ribena, head over to their Facebook and Instagram platforms at @RibenaMalaysia.
About Suntory Group
Suntory Beverage & Food Malaysia Sdn Bhd [201301042171 (1071996-A)] is home to Ribena, one of the most popular beverage brands in Malaysia. Ribena is the most popular blackcurrant drink in Malaysia, as well as other parts of the world. Rich in Vitamin C, it is also loved by many for its unique and refreshing blackcurrant taste. Ribena is now home to their new Simply Strawberry range, and is also available in Original Blackcurrant in cordial and ready to drink formats.
#Suntory
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Upmesh: Live commerce helps SMBs breakaway from larger competition
SINGAPORE – Media OutReach – 25 March 2022 – Upmesh, the leading live commerce enabler in Southeast Asia, continues to further their mission of empowering SMEs to grow their businesses, helping individuals and SMBs break through the dominance of big platforms by establishing their own authentic identity in an era where public bias is overwhelmed by perfectly curated appearances.
Traditional e-commerce is efficient in recommending products via the algorithm knowing the superficial trust matrix (reviews, product search history) of consumers, however, it does not take into account old school branding, such as word of mouth, trust and brand reputation that is built over a long period of time. Live commerce is a straightforward evolution, where the discovery element pushes personalities to stake their reputation on the line and recommend good products to build an audience, As consumers’ choices reduce due to algorithms getting smarter, live commerce is the best of both worlds, with low barriers to entry, requiring little to no capital investment or preconceived fame except authenticity and a commitment of honesty to buyers.
Key players like Upmesh are continually inventing new ways to enhance live commerce, encouraging more SMBs and individuals to differentiate their offerings, levelling the playing field against larger competitor corporations with more market share and dollars.
One such product innovation would be the launch of Upmesh Live** – a live selling mobile application that allows sellers to create personalized overlays in their live streams without the need for any prior technical knowledge, allowing them to integrate customisable branded content such as customizable graphics, brand imagery and professional content tools within minutes. Sellers are now able to further achieve virality and engage with their communities on top of real-time order management provided by Upmesh.
“We want to bring more engagement to livestreams in Southeast Asia. Currently, on-screen animations and overlays are strictly available only to those with experience using studio solutions like OBS, making it inaccessible by the majority of streamers who are currently using mobile. By creating a companion streaming application for our live streaming systems, we’re able to enhance the appeal of live shopping”
– Wong Zi Yang, CEO and Co-Founder at Upmesh
SMB Case Study #1: MyShop
Yvonne, Founder of MyShop, has encountered multiple setbacks and traumatic personal experiences growing up. She experimented with live selling, encouraged by her husband. The business grew by leaps and bounds, allowing her to define her own authentic identity in the saturated fashion market, and become one of the top live sellers in Singapore. She’s known for reinventing her styles and constantly setting new trends, allowing her buyers to achieve fashionable styles without having to break the bank. Yvonne has launched her own range of products and has garnered loyal supporters in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand, As a mother herself, she’s committed to inspiring women to feel beautiful even after marriage and childbirth.
SMB Case Study #2: Call Me Yayee
Yayee is an aspiring full-time live seller who started live commerce as a means to reach out to a larger audience and achieve freedom in her career. Proving that anyone can sell on Live, Yayee, a first-timer at using a live commerce system has witnessed a more than 40% increase in her revenue after just a week.
SMB Case Study #3: Signature Truck
Carmen, Founder of fashion label Signature Truck started her business at the age of only 17 after she completed secondary school. In the beginning, she exhausted various means to expand and secure her customer base, from participating in small brick-and-mortar bazaar events to large mall pop-ups. She decided to experiment with live selling in the hopes of reducing her overheads and increasing her audience reach and engagement. After successfully launching her live selling initiative, she has since witnessed up to a 300% increase in customer base, established her own office space and the business has also become financially sustainable. As live selling has now made it easier for the business to scale, she now aims to expand throughout the entire Malaysian market and channel the overhead savings to creating more bespoke designs for her customers.
**The Upmesh Live application is only compatible with Android 8.0 and above as well as ios 11.0 and above**
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Upmesh’s product provides e-commerce functions for merchants and enables them to leverage the power of community.
- Sellers go live on social media platforms such as Facebook Live or Instagram Live
- Upmesh captures orders through a merchant’s live stream comments and incentivises the buyers to share through discovery, giveaways and drip messaging
- Upmesh is committed to constantly launching new engaging and interactive features that aim to enable live commerce merchants to reach their full sales and creative potential through multi-channel discovery and sharing to unlock value and virality
Upmesh also goes beyond just basic automation to being a sales tool to help merchants grow sales through its analytics to identify best selling items and patterns in buying behaviour as well as buyer loyalty programmes.
Ranging from mom-and-pop street shops selling on live streams to supplement foot traffic to specialised Live Commerce sellers moving thousands of SKUs a month, Upmesh is enabling trusted voices to be discovered by buyers.
About Upmesh
Founded in 2020, Upmesh is a live commerce enabler that helps online merchants using live commerce build communities and achieve virality. Merchants on social media can easily provide a seamless eCommerce checkout experience to their buyers. The Upmesh founding team is made up of experienced merchant acquirers, community managers and tech leaders. Upmesh’s mission is to re-introduce trust in the eCommerce experience in Southeast Asia by transforming the static buying and seller experience from a static page with anonymous and empty five-star ratings to a meaningful two-way interaction with trusted reviewers using the power of livestreaming.
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CBInsights,
TechCrunch and
The Ken.
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/upmeshlive/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/UpmeshLive/
LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/upmeshlive/
#upmeshlive #streamcreative #livewithupmesh
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Laos joins Earth Hour 2022
Laos will join people from over 190 countries around the world in observing Earth Hour by turning off lights for one hour on Saturday, from 8.30pm to 9.30pm.
At iconic buildings in Vientiane including the Patuxay Monument, ministries and Government offices as applicable, international organisations including the UN House, and NGOs, as well as the houses of private people to show a simple act can have great impact for conserving energy and protecting the environment.
Earth Hour, initiated by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in 2007 in Australia, is a global grassroots movement uniting people to take action for commitments to combat global warming and climate change.
The campaign aims to raise awareness and support simple efforts that can conserve energy and tackle climate change. Depending on natural resources to develop its human and socio-economy development in alignment with the sustainable and green growth direction, Laos also takes this opportunity to improve perception of public on environmental issues such as climate change, natural resource management, and energy conservation.
Earth Hour 2022 is jointly organized by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the United Nations in Lao PDR, and WWF-Laos.
Laos Rolls Out Fourth Covid-19 Vaccine Doses
Laos has begun rolling out fourth Covid-19 vaccine doses for priority groups and people aged 18 and over.
Neuron Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Center launches “Anti-epidemic Physiotherapy Program”
The “Anti-epidemic Physiotherapy Program” includes breathing control exercises, expectoration, cough relief exercises, as well as exercises and chiropractic for people in social isolation or working at home to prevent shoulder, neck, and shoulder pain caused by lack of exercise and after a long-term stay-at-home.
Furthermore, the “Anti-epidemic Physiotherapy Program” provides the latest “Radiofrequency Thermocoagulation” to help patients relieve the symptoms of lower back pain. Moderate rehabilitation exercises provide several health benefits, such as effectively improving respiratory function, maintaining muscle mass and joint flexibility, improving cardiopulmonary function, and reducing psychological symptoms such as anxiety and depression.
After the recovery from Covid 19 infection, the respiratory and lung function of certain Covid 19 patients could remain significantly deteriorated. The remaining symptoms may include fatigue, phlegm, chronic cough, and trouble with breathing. Rehabilitation exercises can help improve the above symptoms, gradually recover to normal bodily functions, reduce complications, and reduce the risk of re-infection with Covid 19.
Despite the epidemic, Neuron’s ‘Rehabilitation of Sports Injuries Workshop’ provides door-to-door physiotherapy services, as the brand introduces new rehabilitation exercises and equipment to provide multi-directional treatment methods to help their customers with better access to physiotherapy exercises to embrace health.
About Neuron Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Center
Neuron Physiotherapy & Sports Injury Center a Hong Kong physiotherapy platform that integrates Chinese and Western medical concepts as a consultation direction for the treatment of various pain disorders and diseases, such as
Cruciate Ligament Trauma and
High & Low Shoulder Physiotherapy. In physiotherapy, exercise therapy is also a commonly used method. Rehabilitation Square also provides exercise therapy such as sports massage and stretching therapy. All physiotherapists and sports physiotherapists have internationally recognized professional qualifications.
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