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Global Financial Bodies Warns of Slower Growth, Higher Inflation for Laos in 2026

Laos' economy is expected to continue expanding this year, even as slower growth and inflation present challenges, according to a global financial institution. In its latest outlook released on 9 July, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) forecast that Laos’ economic growth will ease this year while inflation surges, driven largely...

Authorities Say Sinkholes in Savannakhet Caused by Erosion, Not Mining

Authorities Say Sinkholes in Savannakhet Caused by Erosion, Not Mining Authorities have confirmed that eight...

Laos Seizes Major Drug Hauls, Arrests Over 4,000 in Six Months

Laos arrested 4,025 suspects in connection with 1,786 drug cases during the first six...

Young Lao Footballers Win International Titles as World Cup Fever Grows

While the FIFA World Cup dominates football headlines, a Lao youth footballers has returned...

Railway Expansion, Education Reform Among Key Issues at National Assembly

Expanding the railway to southern Laos, rolling out a new school system, reducing poverty,...

Laos, South Korea Leaders Move to Deepen Cooperation on Crime, Economy, Security

Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith met with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung in Seoul on 15 December to discuss closer cooperation on transnational crime,...

Oudomxay Province Inaugurates Laos’ Largest Solar Power Project

Oudomxay Province on 13 December officially inaugurated a 1,000-megawatt solar power project, marking one of Laos’ largest renewable energy developments to date. The facility...

A New Deal for the Mekong

By Anoulak Kittikhoun - Imagine the Mighty Mekong Basin not as a source of friction among riparian countries but as a platform of joint...

Cambodia Says Thai Bombing Continues After Trump Truce Call, Laos Appeals for Restraint

Laotian Times and AFP - Laos has expressed concern over the escalating border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand, urging both sides to exercise restraint...

Lao Economy Improves but Lasting Growth Requires Sustained Reforms, Road Network Preservation

World Bank - Increased exports, foreign investment and tourism have helped Laos begin to emerge from a prolonged economic slowdown, according to a World...

Thai PM Dissolves Parliament, Paving Way for National Elections

AFP - Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul dissolved parliament on 12 December after three months in office, a royal decree showed, paving the way...