Thousands of locals, residents and visitors have been treated to the sights, sounds and tastes of Japan at the 2025 Japan Festival in Vientiane Capital on 14-15 February
The event is the biggest Japanese festival in Laos. It has been running once every two or three years since 2011.
This long-awaited...
“We take bamboo and we take trees and we turn them into traditional music.”
– Neng Chue Vang, Hmong instrument maker and musician
Wind instruments form...
by Julia Case-Levine
Traditional practices accompany contemporary trends in Depths, the inaugural exhibit of Elevations, a non-profit art initiative launched this month in the Southeast Asian...
Tears of joy, pain and expectation; the road to Tokyo2020 Games, like all Olympics and Paralympics before them, is being paved with them, and particularly in...
In recent years, Laos has become increasingly open to international women's beauty pageants as evidenced by its sending contestants to the Miss International Queen, Miss Grand, Miss World, Miss International, and...
Laos is preparing to nominate the famous traditional dance Lam Vong for UNESCO World Heritage status.
On the 9th of March, a meeting led by Bouangern Xaphouvong, Deputy Minister of...