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Thailand Tightens Border Checkpoint Controls Amid Cambodian Incursions, Gov Denies Closure

Last update on 7 June, 2025 at 3:46 PM As tensions escalate along the Thailand-Cambodia border, the Royal Thai Army has reportedly issued an order to tighten control over all border checkpoints, effective 7 June. However, a government official later denied rumors of a full border closure, confirming that all...

Lao Red Cross Rescue Volunteers Respond to Over 3,000 Incidents Nationwide

The Lao Red Cross (LRC) currently operates a network of 326 rescue volunteers across...

Thai Airways Closes Thai Smile After THB 20.9 Billion in Losses of 12 Years of Service

Thai Airways International (THAI) has formally dissolved Thai Smile Airways—its low-cost subsidiary.  On 5 June,...

Eight Companies Vie to Renovate Luang Prabang International Airport

On 3 June, seven international and one local company submitted preliminary qualification documents for...

LOCA Drives Change: Ride with Safety, Sustainability, and Smart Mobility

LOCA, a homegrown ride-hailing startup from Laos, is raising the bar for safety, sustainability,...

Government Gets Tough on Occupational Health and Safety

The government is close to putting concrete measures in place to maintain and promote health and safety in workplaces with a new decree being...

ASEAN officials discuss efforts towards Vision 2025 implementation

The Lao PDR as Chair of ASEAN 2016 hosted and chaired the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) at the National Convention Centre in Vientiane...

Samarn Viyaket Dead at 89

It is with great sadness that the Party Central Committee, National Assembly, Ministry of National Defence, Lao Front for National Construction, and the Vignaket...

Poll Finds Emails Weighing on Hillary Clinton, Now Tied With Donald Trump

Hillary Clinton has emerged from the F.B.I. investigation into her email practices as secretary of state a wounded candidate with a large and growing...

World Bank approves loan to Poverty Reduction Fund

The Poverty Reduction Fund Project will continue to improve livelihoods and upgrade infrastructure for residents of 150 rural villages in over 40 districts of...

PM asks media ministry to work harder

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith has asked the media to expose issues of social concern in a constructive manner in line with the Media Law,...