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Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia Plan Stronger Border Security in 2027

Defense ministers from Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia have agreed to strengthen border security, speed up work on outstanding border markers, and improve intelligence sharing under a new military cooperation roadmap for 2027. On 14 October, Lao Defense Minister Khamliang Outhakaysone met his Vietnamese and Cambodian counterparts, Phan Van Giang and...

Lao PM Orders Urgent Action on Water Shortages, Overdue Project Debts

Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith has ordered the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to...
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Laos Joins Asian Regional Security, Cooperation Forum

Laos has joined a pan-Asian forum that brings governments together to discuss regional security...
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Laos Reports COVID-Era Graft, Jails Former Official in Separate Corruption Cases

Authorities in Laos have disciplined 153 people and referred another 21 for judicial proceedings...
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Authorites Seize 23 Excavators in Two Illegal Gold Mining Raids in Vientiane

Authorities seized 23 excavators and other equipment during two raids on suspected illegal gold...
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Final 20 Contestants of Miss Laos 2016 Announced

The final 20 contestants selected to take part in the last round of this year's Miss Laos competition were announced to the public in...

Lao & Myanmar Presidents Highly Value Their Bilateral Ties

President Bounnhang Vorachit, his wife, and a high-level delegation made a one-day state visit to Myanmar on Friday at the invitation of Myanmar President...

CIA Factbook – Laos Profile

Modern-day Laos has its roots in the ancient Lao kingdom of Lan Xang, established in the 14th century under King FA NGUM. For 300...

ASEAN Expects China, Brexit to Slow Economic Growth In 2016

Economic growth in Asean countries was expected to dip to 4.5 per cent in 2016 from 4.7 per cent last year due to China’s...

What Does the Lao Flag Symbolize?

Three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band; the red bands...

BBC Profile of Laos (2015)

Laos, one of the world's few remaining communist states, is one of east Asia's poorest countries. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union in...
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