Laos is ramping up efforts to strengthen transparency and public accountability, rolling out a new Party resolution alongside deeper cooperation with Vietnam on inspection and anti-corruption work.
At high-level talks in Hanoi on 25 August, Lao and Vietnamese officials agreed to strengthen ties between their inspection and anti-corruption agencies, exchanging...
A new Vietnamese investment in southern Laos will bring a large-scale coffee plantation and processing project to Champasak province, further expanding foreign agricultural investment...
Laos is moving ahead with route surveys in Xaysomboun Province for a planned expressway that would become the country’s longest highway, linking Vientiane Capital...
Electricity exports from Laos to Vietnam rose sharply in early 2026 as Vietnam increased purchases to support growing energy demand and strengthen supply stability.
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Laos and Thailand are stepping up efforts to tackle cross-border haze pollution, with new focus on forest fires, agricultural burning, and rising PM2.5 levels...
Laos delivered a record volume of electricity to Vietnam in early 2026, as a wave of newly commissioned renewable projects and strong cross-border links...
Vietnam’s Communist Party has dispatched Tran Cam Tu, a Politburo member and Permanent Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam’s Central Committee, to Laos.
Tran...
