The Bank of the Lao PDR (BOL) is intensifying efforts to tackle corruption and internal mismanagement after inspection teams uncovered 181 cases of embezzlement and misappropriation between 2021 and 2025, resulting in losses of LAK 66.86 billion (USD 3 million).
Alarmingly, only 22.96 percent of these funds have been recovered,...
AFP - Asian crime networks running multi-billion-dollar cyber scam centers are expanding their operations across the world as they seek new victims and new...
Thai police intercepted 358 kilograms of methamphetamine, valued at THB 100 million (USD 2.9 million), smuggled across the Mekong River, presumably from Savannakhet Province,...
Vientiane plans to deploy 1,172 traffic police officers across 143 stations in the country during the Lao New Year celebrations to ensure orderly, convenient,...