VIENTIANE: The multiethnic Lao people came together on December 2 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) with a grand parade, honouring a hard-won revolutionary ...

December 2025 . On the 13-year anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone , we, ...

VIENTIANE: Every December, as Lao people nationwide celebrate National Day and look back on the country's long road to peace ...

The usually sleepy Laotian capital Vientiane has an uncharacteristic buzz, bedecked with flags and T-shirt vendors ahead of commemorations of 50 years of communist rule Tuesday, but for many young ...

In the message, Xi said that, as comrades and brothers, China is sincerely pleased with the progress Laos has made, as the ...

Aroma of Lao-grown coffee fills Vientiane during National Day week. On a bright December morning in Vientiane, the familiar aroma of freshly brewed coffee drifted through the stre ...

Joseph Akaravong, a politically-active Lao exile, was stabbed several times by an unknown assailant in southwestern France on June 14. On June 14, an attempt was made on the life of the prominent ...

Laos has a debt problem. By some estimates, the country’s public debt has swelled to more than $15.9 billion, exceeding its GDP. And ballooning debt is simply the most striking symptom of a wider, ...

That means the country is due to repay $1.2bn a year on average for the rest of this decade. Although Fitch estimates that ...

The US dropped more than 270 million bombs on Laos during the Vietnam War. An estimated 30% of the bombs remain unexploded and are scattered across the country. Some villagers use those bombs as scrap ...

BROUSSARD, La. — A Buddhist monastery is settled right behind a quiet neighborhood and every year hosts one of the largest three-day festivals in Louisiana. The Louisiana Lao community came to be over ...