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Vientiane Shuts Down KM38 Dharma Practice Center After Leader Defies Order Over Reborn Buddha Claim

On 24 September, Vientiane authorities shut down the KM38 Dharma Practice Center in Sangsai village, Pakngum district, after its leader declared herself the reincarnation of Phra Sri Ariya Metrai, the Maitreya Buddha that Buddhist tradition says will one day appear on earth to succeed Gautama Buddha. Under the 24 September...

African Swine Fever Disrupts Pork Supplies, Beef Prices Rise in Vientiane

The pork shortage is putting pressure on Vientiane’s meat markets as African swine fever...

Corruption Crackdown in Laos’s Attapeu Province Uncovers Millions in Financial Irregularities

Attapeu authorities have detailed five years of corruption investigations and financial irregularities, including a...

Xaysomboun Identifies Four Companies Over Unauthorized Gold Mining

Authorities in Xaysomboun Province have identified four companies allegedly involved in unauthorized alluvial gold...

Laos Detains 33 Suspects in Two-Day Vientiane Cybercrime Crackdown

Lao authorities detained 33 people, all Chinese nationals, in a two-day operation targeting cybercrime...

Vietnam PM is the Last ASEAN Minister to Land in Vientiane Capital

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung arrived at Wattay International Airport yesterday becoming the last ASEAN government leader to have landed in Vientiane for...

ASEAN Needs to Get Out in front of Megatrends’

When Australia became ASEAN's first dialogue partner in 1974 and began the economic cooperation programmes, they couldn't have predicted that ASEAN would dramatically outpace...

Mekong Region Builds Business Networks

A meeting of the Friends of ASEAN Mekong Region or CMLTV Business convened in Vientiane yesterday as part of the ASEAN Business and Investment...

Two Men Arrested with 2,523 Amphetamine Pills

Vientiane police recently arrested two men in Khamchalern village, Hadxaifong district and seized 2,523 amphetamine pills, 18 bags of methamphetamine, 189 million kip in...

Govt Takes Aim at Locust Invasion

The government is making a major effort to wipe out the plague of locusts that is afflicting crops in northern Laos. The locust outbreak is...

Lao Women Make Strides in Gender Equality

Vangvieng district: More than 40 officials from the Ministry of Culture, Information and Tourism attended a two-day workshop here from September 5-6 on gender...