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Laos’ Population Growth Slows as Birth Rates Fall, 2025 Census Finds

Laos’ population is growing more slowly, with birth rates falling and the population getting older, according to the country’s 2025 Population and Housing Census. The fifth nationwide census ran from 3 November to 28 December 2025. For the first time, the Lao Statistics Bureau collected data digitally, following four years...

Bolikhamxay Signs Deals for Three Solar Plants as Larger Project Advances

Bolikhamxay authorities signed investment agreements on 15 October for three solar power plants of...

Vietnam to Introduce Lao in School Curricula in Three Border Areas

Vietnam is preparing to introduce Lao-language classes in schools in Son La Province, Hue...

Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia Plan Stronger Border Security in 2027

Defense ministers from Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia have agreed to strengthen border security, speed...

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...

European Chamber of Commerce and Industry Celebrates its 10th Anniversary

The European Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Laos celebrated its 10th anniversary with a spectacular gala dinner and Venetian ball. The celebration held in...

Police Seize 4 Million Amphetamine Pills in Bokeo

Local police confiscated 4 million amphetamine pills last week but failed to catch the traffickers in Bokeo's Tonphueng district. After a local filed a report...

Laos Likely to Benefit from Thailand’s Energy Shortage

Thailand is suffering from an acute energy crisis at the moment and the Energy Ministry of the country plans on closing pubs, petrol pumps,...

Housing for Attapeu Dam Collapse Victims Now 99 Percent Complete

Authorities in Laos ​say construction of housing for victims of the 2018 Attapeu Dam Collapse Disaster is now 99 percent complete, four years after...

Laos Inflation Rate Hits New High of 36.75 Percent in October

Laos has beaten its own record again with inflation reaching 36.75 percent in October according to the latest report from the Lao Statistics Bureau...

United States Provides Pediatric Pfizer Vaccines to Protect Children from COVID-19

The United States Government has recently provided 201,600 doses of pediatric Pfizer COVID-19 to Laos through the COVAX Facility. The United States Government handed over...