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Laos Wins Best National Costume at Mister Global 2025 with Mani Khot Tree-Inspired Design

The ancient Mani Khot tree, a sacred symbol rooted in Champasack Province, southern Laos, has taken the global spotlight, inspiring the Best National Costume award at Mister Global 2025 in Thailand and earning Laos a place of pride on the international stage. Representing Laos, Youphalayth ‘Bobbie’ Phethany, Mister Global Lao...

Lao Students Celebrate Teacher’s Day with Goats, Chickens, Gratitude

On Laos’ National Teacher’s Day, celebrated each year on 7 October, students across the...

Young Luang Prabang Artisan Wins Global Award for Lao Embroidery

Lao handicrafts shone brightly on the global stage, as a unique embroidery technique by...

Back in Business: How Tourists Are Reviving Laos’ Hotels, Restaurants, Communities

After years of pandemic-induced quiet, Laos is seeing its hotels fill up, restaurants reopen,...

Laos Fuel Price Fluctuations Hit Commuters, Families, Delivery Workers

Fuel prices in Laos have shifted modestly compared to the same period last year,...

Sepon and Phu Bia Mines Set to Close Operations by 2020

Energy and Mines Minister Khammany Inthilath, in his address to the National Assembly, stated that since 1990, the Lao Government has had an open...

Laos May Get Free Public WiFi System

Business Korea Magazine reported that the South Korean Ministry of Science and ICT has announced on the 6th of February that the latter's information and communications...

First Chinese Language Newspaper Soon to Be Launched in Laos

The Lao News Agency (Khaosan Pathet Lao or KPL) has signed a joint agreement with the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Vientiane to co-operate the...

Lao Casino Operator Zhao Wei Rejects US Sanctions

Zhao Wei, the Chinese national who operates the Kings Romans Casino in Laos, has rejected the US Treasury Department's claims that his organization is...

Laos Borrows Money from Hungary for Development Projects

Last Tuesday, the Lao government and the Hungarian National Bank signed a USD$160 million loan agreement. The loan will be used to develop three projects: a population management ​project that...

Lao Inmates Break Out of Cambodian Prison

Five Lao prisoners made an attempted escape from Stung Treng provincial prison on Saturday, but were recaptured before venturing far. Security guards fired warning shots...