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Health Ministry Finds More Than 180 Illegal Beauty Centers, Orders Nationwide Re-Inspection

The Lao Ministry of Health has ordered a nationwide re-inspection of private medical and beauty facilities after finding 183 beauty centers performing medical procedures without a license. Health Minister Baikham Khattiya disclosed the findings on 7 October at the 2nd Ordinary Session of the 10th National Assembly, where lawmakers questioned...

Laos Shifts Tourism Licensing Powers to Provincial, District Authorities

Laos is revising how tourism business licences are issued and enforced, dividing responsibilities among...

The Photographer Who Speaks for Laos’ Forests

In the forests of Laos, observation comes before words for Souksamlan “Toun” Laladeth. That idea...

Laos Sets 60 Million-Liter Fuel Reserve Floor, Diversifies Imports, Lao PM Saleumxay Says

Laos will keep domestic fuel reserves at around 60 million liters or more and...

Authorities in Laos detained nearly 10,651 suspects of 31 nationalities in the first nine...

Bus Overturns in Bolikhamxay, Leaves 35 Injured, Eight Dead

An overnight bus overturned in the early hours of Wednesday, 22 April, in Pakkading district, Bolikhamxay Province, killing eight people and injuring 35 others,...

Hailstorm Damages 225 Households in Xaysomboun

A hailstorm damaged 225 households in Longxan district, Xaysomboun, after severe weather struck the area on the night of 18 April. The storm hit Phonexay...

Red Lanterns Removed from Vang Vieng’s Chang Cave Over “Un-Lao” Concerns

Vientiane provincial authorities inspected Chang cave in Vang Vieng on Tuesday, 21 April. They promptly ordered changes to newly installed decorations that had ignited...

Laos Exports Hit USD 2.77 Billion in Early 2026 as Fuel Costs Weigh on Trade

Laos recorded total exports of USD 2.77 billion in the early 2026, maintaining steady trade activity despite a slight slowdown in March. Gold remained the...

Vientiane Court Sentences Drug Trafficker to Death, Two Others to Prison

The Vientiane Provincial People’s Court sentenced one man to death and handed prison terms to two others in separate drug cases on 2 April,...

Khammouane’s National Road No. 12 Upgrade Reaches 11 Percent Construction Progress

Khammouane Province is steadily advancing one of its most significant infrastructure investments, as the upgrading of National Road No. 12, from Thakhek to the...