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Luang Prabang Seizes 28kg of Suspected Wildlife Products, Detains Foreign Man

On 11 September, Luang Prabang authorities seized 17 items suspected to be wildlife products weighing 28.03 kilograms, amid concerns over wildlife trafficking in the province. Officers inspected a property in Sanghalok village and recovered suspected rhinoceros horn, carved ivory, wildlife bile and traditional medicines containing wildlife ingredients, along with equipment...

Miss Universe Dispute Leaves Six Southeast Asian Franchises in Limbo

The Miss Universe Organization is facing a major dispute just weeks before its 75th...

Laos, Thailand Move Forward With Plans for New Friendship Bridge Linking Vientiane, Loei

Laos and Thailand are studying a possible new Friendship Bridge linking Vientiane Province with...

African Swine Fever Spreads Across Laos, Leaves Thousands of Pigs Dead or Culled

African swine fever has spread across Laos, with 11,369 pigs dead or culled since...

Thailand Restores 30-Day Visa-Free Stay, Limits Visa-Free Land Entries to Twice a Year

Thailand has cut its visa-free tourist stay from 60 days back to 30 days,...

Magic Lao Carpets

Carpets with a positive impact woven right in In a bustling workshop in the backstreets of inner-city Vientiane, agile fingers are hard at work and...

Ancient Meteorite Impact Crater Buried under Bolaven Volcanic Field, Laos

A group of researchers has concluded that Laos’s Bolaven volcanic field is likely to be the impact site of a meteorite that struck the...

Five Hollywood Stars Who Have Visited Laos

While Laos may not top the list of travel destinations for Tinseltown’s most famous, several Hollywood stars have taken time out from their busy...

The Most Followed Lao Celebrities On Facebook

According to certain data estimates from January 2019*, the number of internet users in Laos is somewhere between 1.26 to 2.7 million. While Google...

Woman Forced to Pay LAK 9,000,000 For Slandering Her Debtor

The Khammouane Police Division For Human Trafficking Prevention has imposed a LAK 9,000,000 (USD1,008) fine on a woman found guilty of online slander and...

National University of Laos to Develop E-learning Content

The National University of Laos (NUoL) is to develop e-learning content with help from a South Korean university. NUoL and Wonkwang Digital University signed a...