Former Mekong River Commission (MRC) Chief Executive Officer Anoulak Kittikhoun has been appointed Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Mekong Institute, becoming the first Lao national to lead the regional organisation.
The appointment was announced during Mekong Forum 2026, held in Bangkok on 22–23 July, where the institute...
Typhoon Wipha has killed four people and left four others missing after sweeping through 34 districts in multiple provinces across Laos. The storm battered...
By Michael Anderson; BBGL Board Member and Education Adviser
Over recent decades, families in Laos have viewed the United States as a top destination for...
At the 2025 Belt and Road Journalists Forum held in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province, representatives from Laos emphasized the country’s determination to modernize its media...
Commercial operations of the Monsoon Wind Project, Laos’s first and Southeast Asia’s largest onshore wind farm, are expected to begin by late August or...
Laos continues to make significant strides in poverty eradication, with multiple districts across the country being officially declared poverty-free, bringing the nation closer to...
