In this task, given a sentence in the Lao (Laotian) language, your task is to convert it into the English language.

[Q]: Vesta - - Mark "" .
[A]: While the number of occupiers at the Vestas plant originally nearly thirty, now only sixteen have dwindled, Mark says the ones who remain are "very determined" and furthermore hold no ill will toward their co-workers who have left the occupation.

[Q]: 1.5 .
[A]: In May exports were said to be 1.5 million bpd.

[Q]: 24 .
[A]:
Gunmen had kept up a 24-hour hostage-taking assault last month at those same headquarters.