Long-Tail Boat Capsizes, Dozens of Myanmar nationals Missing in Laos
A long-tail boat carrying over 40 passengers capsized on 2 September in the Mekong River, near the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in Bokeo Province, Laos. The boat, which was navigating the river close to the border with Chiang Saen District in Thailand, was en route from the Golden...
Latest Telecom Fraud Crackdown in Bokeo SEZ: Thousands of Devices Seized
In the latest crackdown against telecommunications fraud, authorities in the Golden Triangle Special Economic...
Employers Advised to Adopt Fair Exchange Rates for Salaries, Wages Starting 1 October
UPDATED on 4 September at 2:01 PM Starting 1 October, all organizations and companies in...
Xiengkhouang Court Sentences Man to Prison for Domestic Violence
The Xiengkhouang Provincial Court has sentenced a 20-year-old man from Ngoen village, Paek District,...
Vientiane Enforces Ban on Imported Buddha Images to Support Local Artisans
On 20 August, Vientiane Capital’s Department of Information, Culture, and Tourism (DICT) issued a...
Government to Crack Down on “Ghost” Civil Servants
The Lao government is currently in the process of clarifying the actual number of civil servants amid growing public concern over the possibility of...
Chinese Embassy, Lao Police Deport 137 Scammers
The Chinese Embassy to Laos has urged Lao people to be wary of groups of Chinese scammers after the deportation of 137 Chinese nationals...
Lao Citizen Arrested for Smuggling Heroin to Vietnam
Two people, including one Lao citizen, have been arrested in Houaphan Province for smuggling heroin from Laos to Vietnam. Vietnamese police arrested Lo Van Dung,...
Thailand Arrests Lao Money Launderer linked to Drug Ring
Thailand has arrested an alleged money-launderer in Mukdahan Province, bordering Savannakhet. The arrest was the result of an ongoing investigation into the money trail...
Laos Opens First Digital Forensics Lab to Tackle Cybercrime
Laos has opened the country’s first digital forensics lab, which will allow authorities to analyze more than 2,000 digital media-related criminal cases a year. The...
Christchurch Calamity: Laos’ PM Thongloun Offers Condolences to New Zealand, Condemns Terrorism
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith on behalf of the government of Laos on Monday sent "a message of deepest sympathy" to the Prime Minister of...