News Laos: New Year’s ‘five dangerous days’ claim 23 lives across Laos
VIENTIANE: At least 23 people were killed and hundreds more injured in road accidents nationwide during the "five dangerous days" of the 2026 New Year period, according to figures released by the ...
News Laos: Laos' 4,000 Islands archipelago grapples with China's economic expansion
The 'Siphandone Special Economic Zone' on the Mekong River has been granted to Chinese investors for 99 years. They harbor grand ambitions but are struggling to realize them, with construction projects at a standstill.
News Laos: Screams for help and panic as tourists rescued from fatal Laos ferry disaster
People scrambled to safety as the ferry sank on the Mekong River, with a local woman and two children feared dead.
News Laos: Ethnic Laotian communities and Luang Namtha jungle wins visitors
Laos authorities are promoting the Nam Ha National Protected Area (an Asean Heritage Site) with treks through the jungle to explore the beautiful nature, huge trees and wildlife, as well as visits to ...
News Laos: Confronting Property Rights and Wrongs in Laos
When, on July 23 last year, an auxiliary dam of the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy hydropower complex in southern Laos collapsed, the torrent unleashed rolled through tens of kilometers of land, even gushing ...
News Laos: Central Laos' natural beauty on loop
A low-key route shared mostly among Western backpackers, The Loop offers an up-close experience with nature and religion Central Laos is a destination I wish I did not have to tell people about. It is ...
News Laos: Laos to issue bonds to tackle fiscal deficit
The LAO government plans to sell more domestic bonds in the local currency in an attempt to address the fiscal deficit and strengthen the national capital market. Over the past five months of this ...
News Laos: Vieng Xai travel guide
Meat dishes are pricier at 35,000 kip. There are also Lao dishes on the menu like basic noodle soup, which one diner described to us as so-so. Stick with the Indian food. Open Mon-Sun, 07:00-21:00. ...
News Laos: Sam Neua travel guide
Bordering Vietnam in northeastern Laos, Hua Phan province was the military headquarters of the communist Pathet Lao during the revolutionary fight for independence. As the heart of the resistance, ...
News Laos: Multi-Sector Convergence Approach to Reducing Malnutrition in Lao PDR
A child born in Lao PDR today is only 45% as productive as she would be ... in the same geographic areas and will initially be implemented in 12 districts in Xieng Khouang, Houaphan, Phongsaly, and ...
News Laos: Asian countries to use social media to prevent extremism
HANOI, 5th August, 2019 (WAM) -- More than 20 Asian countries will agree to utilise social media to counter ... Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand ...
News Laos: Thai dissident musicians celebrate getting French haven
Faiyen then began a social media campaign which received widespread attention ... “Faiyen members are now rescued from the acute danger they faced in Laos — to begin new lives in France with the ...
News Laos: LDB, KIWI join for Alipay transactions in Laos
Chinese investors and companies will soon be able to conduct transactions through the Alipay system in Laos. The Lao Development Bank (LDB) entered into an agreement with KIWI Company Limited last ...
News Laos: Thai dissident band in Laos flee to France for political asylum
A Thai activist folk band who went into hiding in Laos have arrived in Paris to apply for asylum in France, a band member and activist said Saturday, after months living in fear of their safety. Laos, which neighbours Thailand, became a haven after a 2014 coup for some of the most outspoken Thai anti-junta
News Laos: Facing death threats in Laos, Thai dissident band Faiyen flees to France for asylum
A band member said it felt great to leave Laos, where they received innumerable online death threats They are already planning their first street performance at the Place de la Republique, an activist ...
News Laos: At Hanumanh, Laos is the here, now and wow
She changed the name of Bangkok Golden to Padaek (the Lao word for fish sauce) and extended her show to the District, opening Thip Khao in Columbia Heights five years ago. In December, Sen Khao, a ...
News Laos: One year from Laos dam collapse, insurers urged to help
Laos has more than 400 hydropower dams either existing or in the pipeline, including dozens of large-scale projects. The country wants to export electricity to spur its economic development. ...
News Laos: Cambodia and Laos casinos targeted for drug-trade money laundering
The sprawling Kings Romans Casino in Laos, close to the Thai border ... so large and profitable that it now dwarfs the formal economy of Shan state, and is at the center of its political economy ...
