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Law and Crime

Laos to Enforce Ban on Unregistered, Unlabeled Food Products in 2025

The Lao Ministry of Industry and Commerce has announced new regulations, requiring all food products to carry proper registration, Food and Drug Department (FDD) numbers, and Lao-language labeling, to ensure consumer safety, to be in effect from 1 January 2025. The new regulation targets closed, pre-packaged items such as bottled...

Japanese Embassy Leads High-Level Meeting to Tackle Laos’ Illicit Drug Challenges

On 8 November 2024, a high-level meeting took place in Vientiane to address the...

Bokeo Tightens Control on Online Gaming Firms to Curb Cyber Fraud

The Management Board Committee for Special Economic Zones (SEZs) has instructed online game operators...

Children Most Frequent Victims of UXO in Laos, National Authorities Say

Children are the most affected by unexploded ordnance (UXO) accidents across Laos, national authorities...

Vientiane Seizes Millions in Drugs in First Nine Months of 2024

During the first nine months of 2024, authorities in Vientiane Capital confiscated a total...

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...