VANG VIENG – Decades before it became a favoured stop for backpackers seeking alcohol-fuelled parties and adventure, Vang Vieng’s limestone karst and turquoise lagoons offered a stunning backdrop to a ...

Locked-up children and teenagers are being exploited by Korean sex tourists in Laos, where older predators spend months at a time cruising the country's bars, karaoke clubs and brothels in search of ...

Laos to prioritise power for metals refining, AI, EVs Laos in talks with Vietnam to boost power exports Laos expects Singapore exports to resume soon KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Laos is ...

The idea of an investigation took shape when I came across a familiar Vietnamese company, with a track record of deforestation in Laos, investing in durian farms. Media reports documenting how Chinese ...

Despite a law guaranteeing freedom of religion passed barely six years ago, and a constitutional guarantee, Christians are being violently driven from their homes in Laos in what some see as a blatant ...

Laos’ Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone has seemingly become a hotbed of cybercrime on the Mekong River. Critics say Kings Romans Group, owner of the Kings Romans Casino across the river from ...

June 11 (Reuters) - China's state-owned planemaker COMAC has proposed taking a stake in Laos' government-owned Lao Airlines, which recently started operating one of COMAC's C909 regional jets, the ...

Laos is one of Southeast Asia's poorest countries. But its most-visited city Luang Prabang is a tourist magnet. Can the rest of the country follow its lead? Luang Prabang, in the north of Laos, is ...

Food is a tangible and accessible way to understand and connect with different societies. One chef has led the movement to bring traditional food from her home country of Laos to diners across the ...

Water balloons sailed through the air, bursting against laughing crowds. Hoses and water guns launched water from sidewalks and parade floats alike. Clouds of shaving cream clung to hair, clothes and ...

BEIJING - Laos has signed a US$1.45 billion (S$1.94 billion) clean energy deal with a Chinese power plant equipment manufacturer as the South-east Asian country furthers its push into clean power ...