On 18 May, Vietnam began the construction of a 60-kilometer Expressway section in Nghe An Province connecting to the Laos border, in a long-planned corridor that will connect the capitals of two Southeast Asian nations.
According to Vietnamese media, the Vinh–Thanh Thuy section runs from the Hung Tay interchange in Nghe An to the Thanh Thuy-Nam On border gate in Xaychamphhone district, Bolikhamxay Province, Laos.
Costing USD 910 million and due for completion by 2029, the four-lane road is being built by a consortium led by Deo Ca Group, with the possibility of future expansion to six lanes.
The project forms part of a broader corridor agreed upon by the Vietnamese and...
On 18 May, Vietnam began the construction of a 60-kilometer Expressway section in Nghe An Province connecting to the Laos border, in a long-planned corridor that will connect the...
The Bank of Laos (BOL) confirmed it will maintain its 7-day base interest rate at 8 percent per annum following a half-day Monetary Policy Committee meeting on 18 May.
Chaired...
Laos has formalized a build-operate-transfer (BOT) concession for the 80-megawatt Xekaman 4 Hydropower Project in Sekong province, with all electricity generated designated for export to Vietnam.
The agreement, signed on...
Authorities in Vientiane Province have identified untreated wastewater from a pig farm as the primary cause behind the mass fish deaths reported along the Nam Cheng river in Viengkham...
Electricité du Laos (EDL) Generation Public Company, known as EDL-Gen, reported a financial comeback, recording a net profit of LAK 1.8 billion (USD 82.9 million) in 2025 after two...
British and Thai scientists have identified a new species of giant dinosaur from fossil remains discovered in Thailand, with researchers calling it the largest dinosaur ever found in Southeast...
A new excavation on Laos’ mysterious Plain of Jars in Xieng Khouang has uncovered the densely packed bones of at least 37 people inside a single giant stone jar, offering the clearest evidence yet of how these ancient monuments were used.
Dr. Nicholas Skopal of James Cook University, Australia, in collaboration with Souilya Bounxayhip from the Lao Department of Heritage, led the discovery, which was first published in the journal Antiquity on 17 May. Researchers describe it as one of the most consequential findings in nearly a century of investigation into the site.
The jar, located northeast of Phonsavan in Xieng Khouang Province, stands 1.3 metres high and over 2 metres...
Laos expects to welcome between 5 and 6 million international tourists in 2026, with Chinese visitors projected to account for around 2 million of that total, according to government estimates.
The numbers will be...
Laos welcomed nearly 3.8 million international tourists in the first ten months of 2025, a 13 percent increase compared to the same period in 2024.
In figures released on 7 December, the Tourism Development...
Laos has formalized a build-operate-transfer (BOT) concession for the 80-megawatt Xekaman 4 Hydropower Project in Sekong province, with all electricity generated designated for export to Vietnam.
The agreement, signed on 15 March, involves the Viet-Laos Electricity Joint Stock Company and Vietnam’s Xekaman 4 Electric Power Company. Xekaman 4 is the latest development in the Xekaman cascade, which includes Xekaman 1, 2, and 3, collectively strengthening Laos’ hydropower output along the Sekong River.
Officials said the new plant will employ modern turbines...
Laos has requested Vietnam’s support in sports development and athlete training as the country prepares to host the 36th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games in 2031 as this is the country's second time staging...
Laos will host the 17th World Bodybuilding Championships, a first in the country's sport history.
The event, approved by the World Bodybuilding and Physique Sports Federation (WBPF), will take place from 3 to 9...
A return to the stage after years away from releasing music has taken Lao artist Jojo Miracle to one of Southeast Asia’s major international music festivals, where he performed in front of thousands of fans in Manila this April.
Jojo represented Laos at the 2026 ROUND ASEAN-Korea Music Festival, held at the Araneta Coliseum in the Philippines from 18 to 19 April. The event brought together artists from ASEAN countries and South Korea as part of a regional cultural and music exchange program.
For Jojo, the opportunity came unexpectedly. After spending recent years focused more on behind-the-scenes work than releasing new songs, he said he did not expect to be selected alongside artists with major international followings.
“To be honest, I didn’t think I would be chosen, a lot of the artists are very popular now, but I still sent my profile anyway,” he said.
Jojo said he submitted his portfolio to the festival team in late 2025 without expecting a response. At the time, he had not released new music in nearly five years and largely focused on work behind the scenes of performing.
It came as a surprise, but he accepted the...