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Floods Hit More Than 100 Villages in Three Northern Provinces

Heavy monsoon rains in late August left more than 100 villages flooded across Oudomxay, Luang Namtha, and Luang Prabang provinces in the north of Laos, damaging homes, farmland, and infrastructure. Northern Provinces In Luang Namtha, heavy rainfall between 28 and 30 August triggered severe flash floods across 54 villages, including the...

OP-ED More Connections, More Choices: What the SCO Means for Small States

OP-ED by Liu Yuanhui, CGTN A railway can change how a country connects to the...

Laos Arrests at Least 6,200 Cybercrime Suspects in First Eight Months of 2026

Laos has arrested at least 6,200 suspects in cybercrime and online scam operations since...

Lao President Thongloun Meets SCO Chief in Bishkek After Laos Joins as Dialogue Partner

Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith met with Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Secretary-General Nurlan Yermekbayev in...

Flooding Affects 34 Villages in Luang Namtha as Roads, Power Hit Across Northern Laos

Heavy rain has triggered widespread flooding in Luang Namtha, affecting 34 villages and damaging...

VAT to Be Levied at Border Crossings, Effective Immediately

All people who enter Laos bringing with them goods items valued at over US$50 will have to pay 10 percent of the goods value...

Turning Cultural Differences into Shared Assets, Asean Can Prosper

Prime Minister ThonglounSisoulith has encouraged the 10 ASEAN member countries to turn diversity into the spirit of one ASEAN Community and cultural differences into...

Kualao Prepared to Host Delegates for ASEAN Summit

Nestled on the corner of the capital city’s landmark That Dam Intersection, Kualao Restaurant is ready to serve the over 5,000 guests and delegates...

Laotian, Hmong Americans Cautiously Optimistic Ahead of Obama’s Laos Visit

Some Laotian Americans and Hmong Americans are cautiously optimistic about President Barack Obama's visit to Laos next week. Obama will be the first U.S....

Monk Dies From Knife Wound in Borikhamxay

An abbot monk of Pab temple in Khamkeuth district, Borikhamxay province was found critically injured inside his quarters on Monday morning with a knife...

EDL Powers Up Preparations for Asean Summits

Electricite du Laos (EDL) will utilise three hydropower dams to boost power supplies to the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits in Vientiane next week. Officials...