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We trace a forgotten Hmong community in the jungles of northern Laos who helped the US during the Vietnam War.

By Zhang Jianhua, Wang Shan. VIENTIANE, Aug. 26 (Xinhua) -- After 13 Chinese nationals were killed and 31 others injured in a tourist bus crash near northern ...

A tour bus carrying dozens of Chinese passengers crashed in Laos, killing at least 13, officials said Tuesday. The bus was carrying 44 Chinese when it ...

PHNOM PENH, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen said he had held a telephone conversation with his Lao counterpart ...

These moon bear cubs are now free from captors. The five animals were the latest to be rescued by Free The Bears, which has proved unstoppable when it ...

Cambodia and Laos have agreed to withdraw troops from disputed territory.

Is Laos on the edge of an economic boom, or a bust? The country has extremely high external debt, driven by borrowing to pay for construction-fueled economic ...

The Australian government should press the Lao government to take serious steps to remedy its poor human rights record at the 6th Australia-Laos human rights ...

Tensions along the border between Cambodia and Laos are likely being exaggerated by Cambodia's government as part of a bid to distract the public from the ...

Cambodia has asked Laos to speed up the transmission of energy to the kingdom under a deal signed earlier this year.

At least 13 people have been killed and 31 injured after a bus carrying Chinese tourists slid off a road in Laos, says the Chinese Embassy in Vientiane.

A few days ago, the Laos government released a report predicting that the GDP growth rate will be 6.7% in 2019, the industry will become the biggest driving ...

The fledgling film industry of Laos is poised to take further steps forward on the international stage after pioneering filmmaker Anysay Keola's project “Red ...

A decade or so ago, I wrote about Luang Prabang, the spiritual capital of Laos, and how it felt like a place out of time. How a gentle holiness pervaded the small ...

Electric wire maker Bando Densen Co. has set up a cable plant in Laos as part of its "China plus one" strategy, expanding production bases amid the U.S.-Ch.

VIENTIANE, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Twenty more Chinese tourists injured in a road accident in northern Laos flew back to China via a chartered flight on Friday ...

Thailand is jump starting a decades-old plan to create a Southeast Asia electricity super-grid, and wants to be the power-trading hub at the center of it.

Central Laos is a destination I wish I did not have to tell people about.. Read more at straitstimes.com.

VIENTIANE, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)'s Peace Train medical team has accompanied four Chinese tourists badly injured ...

English News and Press Release on Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) about Mine Action; published on 07 Aug 2019 by MAG.

Lao leaders have visited and condoled with the Chinese tourists involved in a deadly road mishap in northern Laos on Monday, and their families.

VIENTIANE, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Laos and Thailand have launched a freight train *service* across the Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge between Lao capital Vientiane ...

KiwiPay, a Laos-based payments provider, has signed an agreement with Laos Central Bank, Laos Ministry of Finance and the Lao Development Bank.

VIENTIANE, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- The "Peace Train-2019" China-Laos humanitarian and medical joint rescue exercise has kicked off in Lao capital Vientiane ...

PHNOM PENH/SEOUL -- A year on from a devastating dam collapse in southern Laos, rights groups are pushing major insurance firms to help make ...

Lao farmers have planted rice on less than half the country's cultivable land this year because of a persistent drought in the Mekong River region that has seen ...

VIENTIANE, July 28 (Xinhua) -- With the concrete beam of the last span over Mekong River put in place, the main section of Luang Prabang cross-Mekong River ...

VIENTIANE, July 30 (Xinhua) -- The Visit Laos-China Year 2019 tourism promotion has proved successful in driving up visitor numbers, local daily Vientiane ...

Khampian stops on a steep hillside trail to look at a palm tree. A blast of wind throws dust and dry leaves all around him. Someone has broken off some of the ...

VIENTIANE, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The "Peace Train-2019" China-Laos humanitarian and medical joint rescue exercise has entered the phase of integrated ...

Loas' current account deficit is expected to widen to 12 per cent this year as imports are projected to grow faster than exports, according to a recent report from ...

The issue of property rights looms large as part of various issues that the Southeast Asian country and its people are contending with.

One year after a dam collapse in Laos caused a major flooding disaster, 10,000 survivors have returned to their villages, but are still suffering hardship as they ...

Last week, Vietnam and Laos held what was officially characterized as a new defense policy exchange between the two countries. The interaction spotlighted ...

English News and Press Release on Lao People's Democratic Republic (the) about Disaster Management; published on 08 Aug 2019 by UNDRR.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA)'s Z-8G rescue helicopter participates in the "Peace Train-2019" China-Laos humanitarian and medical joint rescue ...

The slow boat from Chiang Saen to Luang Prabang is a classic journey, But if you didn't feel like spending a few days in a floating hostel, then the slow boat ...

VIENTIANE, Aug. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese Cultural Center in Laos, together with the Lao Handicraft Association, has organized a training course on bamboo ...

President Moon Jae-in plans to visit Thailand, Myanmar and Laos next week as part of a diplomatic initiative to strengthen South Korea's partnerships in ...

From India, to Myanmar, then into Thailand. And now Laos. The great Wild Tiger Roar Trip continues.

Duke alumna Nadia Ford, Class of 2019. Photo courtesy of Nadia Ford Duke alumna Nadia Ford, Class of 2019, has won a Princeton in Asia Fellowship for the ...

From visiting cute rescued Moon Bears to staying in a treehouse that can only be reached by zipline, we have curated the essential experiences to include in ...

Powerhouses like Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia take centre state in Southeast Asia: but Laos is also booming - with a great deal of its success coming ...

Laos' mysterious Plain of Jars has been recreated as a three-dimensional virtual reality experience. More Videos. Trump says Danish PM's snub on Greenland ...

BEIJING, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Zhao Kezhi, Chinese State Councilor and Minister of Public Security, held talks with Lao Minister of Public Security Police Lt. Gen.

BEIJING (AP) - Chinese state media say a bus carrying Chinese tourists crashed in Laos and at least 13 people were killed.

"Being on the CRS trip and seeing the work they do really opened my eyes," a person traveling to Asia with the organization said. "It's not as if I didn't understand ...

BANGKOK, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) on Thursday launched a freight train across the First Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge at ...

On the banks of the Mekong River in Laos is a “city” built by a cult leader and populated by demons, gods and warriors.

The mysterious 'Plain of Jars' in Laos has long been a source of fascination to archaeologists and a site for tourists to visit.

Laos' economic growth is recovering from a setback caused by last year's floods, according to the World Bank. Between July and September 2018, flooding ...

On July 31, 2019 local time, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith of Laos in Bangkok, Thailand.

BANGKOK -- Anti-narcotic investigators are searching for signs of money laundering in the casinos that have spread across Sihanoukville, a Cambodian c.

BANGKOK, July 31 (Xinhua) -- Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met here Wednesday with Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai and ...

Facing “maintenance issues” that have forced it to temporarily close, Lao bar Hanumanh will decamp its digs on Ninth Street NW tomorrow and take up ...

KHON KAEN: Thai police have sought permission from Lao authorities to enter the neighbouring country to look for two suspects in the robbery of a gold shop in ...

When Michael Wenger of Nativity of Our Lord in St. Paul served lunches to hungry elementary school students in Laos, he knew exactly why he had accepted an ...

Indonesia's Mandiri Bank, a state-owned institution, has announced its intention to enter the Cambodian and Laotian markets and has set up large investment ...

CHONGQING, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- A medical contingent from the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) will visit Laos on a 14-day humanitarian medical rescue ...

VIENTIANE, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Lao Health officials and medical staff have been advised to make sure that all dengue patients closely follow the treatment plan ...

Party General Secretary, President Nguy?n Phú Tr?ng hosted a reception for his Lao counterpart Bounnhang Volachith in Hà N?i on Friday.

With one of the world's fastest growing economies, a burgeoning digital infrastructure and a thriving community of social media creators, Laos People's ...

On July 26, 2019, Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui met with the leaving Lao Ambassador to China Vandy Bouthasavong. Vice Foreign Minister Luo Zhaohui ...

CEBU CITY, Philippines—The Negros Occidental Football Association (NOFA)-Philippines bowed out of the 2019 Soong Ching Ling Cup China-ASEAN Youth ...

Quang Ninh (VNA) – Officials in charge of external affairs from parliaments of Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia gathered in the northern province of Quang Ninh on ...

Quang Tri (VNA) – Youth union delegations from Vietnam's Quang Tri and Laos's Savannakhet provinces held talks and signed a memorandum of ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added four more countries or territories to the list of places covered by the temporary ban on the importation, ...

I had only just walked into the place, a new dine-in/takeout strip-mall venue in Sanford, and my dinner plan was unraveling like the plot of an old Keanu Reeves ...

A dedication ceremony was held on Saturday at the site of the Hmong-Lao Vietnam Memorial at Veterans Freedom Park in La Crosse.

In a recent radio interview, I referred to food and restaurants as reflections of the community. Menus signal trends, preferences and the evolution of our region's ...

National Assembly Vice Chairman Phùng Qu?c Hi?n held talks with his Lao counterpart Bounpone Bouttanavong in Hà N?i yesterday.

Traditionally one of the most isolated parts of Southeast Asia, Laos awaits the arrival of a high-speed railway—and the impact of more Chinese investment.

Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (right) hosted a reception for Vice President of the Lao National Assembly Bounpone ...

Flavorful. Soulful. Beautiful. Head to Louangphabang to taste the best of Southeast Asia.

A venerable East Dallas center is about to get a new buzzy Asian restaurant, opening its second location: Zaap Kitchen Lao & Thai Street Eats, a Gre.

The more than 250-mile, $6 billion railway is set to cut through the northern part of Laos and is primarily financed and built by the Chinese. So far, the project has ...

Despite substantial obstacles, the Lao federation keeps growing at a fast pace, and the majority of players are women. The national team tends to surprise a lot ...

VIENTIANE, July 8 (Xinhua) -- The Lao government has acknowledged that it needs to be well prepared to provide transit services in an effort to benefit from the ...

Centuries ago, the kingdom that made up much of modern-day Laos was called Lan Xang. In English: "Land of a Million Elephants." Yet while the Asiatic ...

by Zhang Jianhua, Wang Shan. VIENTIANE, July 24 (Xinhua) -- "On the same day last year, the dam collapse ruined our homes, but the China-Laos railway ...

The Lao government should urgently investigate the disappearance of three Thai political activists who were last seen in the capital, Vientiane, in December ...

NDO – Lao Sa is a small hamlet in Dong Van district, Ha Giang province. Known to be a home for typical “trinh tuong” (earthen) houses of Ethnic groups, pristine ...

VIENTIANE, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Laos and Thailand have agreed to start Phase II of the construction of the Laos-Thailand railway, which will link the existing ...

VIENTIANE, July 10 (Xinhua) -- Oudomxay, a province in northern Laos some 400 km north of Lao capital Vientiane, is looking to improve its infrastructure to ...

TOKYO -- Laos borrows from China and other countries only for projects that are both necessary and economically viable, the country's prime minister said on ...

VIENTIANE, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The China-Laos railway will create thousands of local jobs when the project becomes operational in 2021, a Lao government ...

We didn't know they would come to bomb us,” says Lung Ki, a character in 2017 Student Fellow Erin McGoff's film exploring the continuing impact of the 1964 ...

One year after a catastrophic dam collapse in southern Laos killed dozens of people and displaced thousands, rights groups are demanding that multinational ...

Thirteen Chinese tourists have been confirmed dead and 31 injured in a car accident in Laos on Monday afternoon, according to the Chinese Embassy in Laos.

Little Laos struggles to swallow Chinese debt. Railway linking Kunming with Vientiane expected to bring influx of Chinese to tiny landlocked country.

by Zhang Jianhua, Huang Zongwen, Wang Shan. VIENTIANE, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Working for more than two years on the China-Laos railway construction site, ...

Karl Ammann has undertaken dozens of dangerous investigations to expose wildlife traffickers. This is his riskiest yet.

VIENTIANE, July 18 (Xinhua) -- Laos is facing an outbreak of the most virulent form of the dengue virus during the rainy season. The Lao National Center for ...

VIENTIANE, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Lao Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Bosengkham Vongdara hosted a press conference on Thursday afternoon ...

Programs set up in Laos to clear unexploded ordnance left over from heavy U.S. bombing during the Vietnam War are being hindered by shortfalls of funds from ...

Nobody beats the Ogden Raptors three games in a row.

NDO - A ground-breaking ceremony was held in the Lao capital Vientiane on July 19 for the third phase of the Vietnamese-funded Dongkhamxang Academy of ...

The Oma are a small community in Northern Laos known for their beautiful red and blue garments.

VIENTIANE, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Lao health officials and medical staff at hospitals across the country, are endeavouring to combat the increasing number of ...

Australian archaeologists and Lao Government officials have reported discovering 15 new sites containing 137 of the massive stone jars, which are believed to ...