VIENTIANE: The Lao government, together with development partners, has launched a feasibility study to develop a national ...

VIENTIANE: The Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL) has lowered its 7-day basic interest rate to 9 percent per year, offering businesses ...

A British backpacker left blind after drinking tainted alcohol which killed six fellow tourists in Laos has spoken out about ...

Four Hmong Minnesotans arrested in June as part of a ramped up campaign of deportations are headed to Laos, a country where they have few ties.

By bno - Phnom Penh Office The Bank of Laos has cut its base interest rate by 0.5 percentage points in an effort to ease financial burdens on households and businesses while supporting economic ...

A military veteran who trained alongside the US Air Force and supported covert operations during the Vietnam War in what has ...

A seminar on promoting STEM education was held on August 20 in Champasak province, aiming to enhance educational ties between ...

Calum Macdonald and the families of three people who died in South East Asia call on the Foreign Office for clearer travel ...

A BRITISH backpacker who went blind after drinking methanol-laced shots in Laos described seeing a “kaleidoscopic light” before his vision went black. Calum Macdonald, 23, was among a ...

Laos Finds New Life After the Bombs The U.S. dropped more than 2 million tons of bombs on Laos from 1964 to 1973 during the Vietnam War. That’s equal to a planeload every 8 minutes for 9 years.

The government of Laos issued new guidelines for managing hydropower dams aimed at minimising water shortages and flooding, state media reported on Thursday, amid debate on how its hydropower boom ...

High over the jungle green hills of Laos, unmarked U.S. transport planes loosed red and white parachutes that floated down the supplies of war: ammunition, clothing and food. Only a few miles away ...