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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...

Access to Healthcare Improving in Xekong

Xekong province is among the poorest in Laos, with an infant mortality rate of 70 per 1,000 live births and a maternal mortality ratio...

Fire Destroys Two-story House on Temple Grounds in Savannakhet

A two-story house at the Huameuang Tai temple in Kaysone Phomvihane district, Savannakhet province has been destroyed by fire but no causalities have been...

Lao Craftspeople Need Markets for Cultural Production

Lao craftspeople need better marketing in order to boost the prospects of the cultural production sector, especially carvings, sculptures and pottery produced as souvenirs.  The...

Heritage City Market Closes Due to Flooding

Authorities in Luang Prabang province have improved the drainage system along various major roads in the city after flooding was recorded in several areas...

National Revenue Shortfall Escalates Budgetary Tensions

Revenue collected over the past 10 months of the 2015-16 fiscal year has accomplished only 74.52 percent of the set annual plan approved by...

Flash Flooding in Luang Prabang Kills Woman, Damages Crops

Flash flooding in northern parts of the country including Luang Prabang province has taken one life, destroyed many hectares of rice and other crops...