No survivors from Laos plane crash-official  

   HANOI, May 27 (Reuters) - A 40-seat Russian-built plane 
carrying senior military personnel from Vietnam crashed in 
Laos and all passengers were believed to have been killed, 
a Laos government official said on Wednesday.
   The official Vietnam News Agency (VNA) quoted a Laos 
Defence Ministry statement as saying a Russian-made Yak-40 
carrying a delegation led by Lieutenant General Dao Trong 
Lich, chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's 
Army, had been missing since Monday.
   Details of the plane's route and take-off time given by 
VNA and the Laos official were the same, although VNA did 
not say if the plane had actually crashed.
   "All aboard the plane, mostly senior military delegates 
from Vietnam, are believed to be killed," the Laos official 
said by telephone from the Laotian capital Vientiane.
   It was unclear how many people were aboard the plane and 
the Laos official, who declined to be identified, did not 
have the names of the passengers.
   Lich, also one of several vice defence ministers in 
Vietnam, was leading a military delegation which left 
Vietnam for neighbouring Laos last Saturday.
   The Laos official said the plane left Vientiane on 
Monday for Xiang Khoang province in the country's north 
when it flew into a heavy rain storm and crashed in jungle 
about 300 km (188 miles) north of the capital.
   The wreckage was spotted late on Tuesday, added the 
official.
   "A rescue team from Laos flew out of Vientiane on 
Wednesday morning to retrieve the wreckage and bodies," he 
said.
   

Laos, Cambodia Enhance Trade Cooperation  

   HANOI (May 27) XINHUA - Laos and Cambodia have decided 
to enhance  their trade cooperation.
   The local media reported that Laos and Cambodia reached 
an agreement in Vientiane on Monday. They announced a boost 
in their cooperation in  accordance with the principle of 
the most-favored treatment in tariffs  and fees levied on 
exports and imports.
   The agreement is additional to a previous agreement 
signed in May,  1994, which opened a path for the two 
countries to expand mutual trade  and further strengthen 
economic cooperation on the basis of the laws of  each 
country.
   The delegations of the two countries held a consultative 
meeting on May  23 to find ways to increase bilateral trade 
cooperation.