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Laos Steps Up Anti-Corruption Reforms, Deepens Cooperation With Vietnam

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...

US Court Strikes Down 75-Country Visa Pause, but Ruling Does Not Lift Laos Travel Ban

A US federal judge has struck down a Trump administration policy that paused immigrant...

Japanese Arrivals to Laos Jump 36 Percent Amid Renewed Tokyo Tourism Push

Laos welcomed 23,133 Japanese tourists in the first six months of 2026, a 36...

Prime Minister Calls for Tighter Oversight of Boten SEZ Amid Development Challenges

Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone has called for stronger management of the Boten Special Economic...

Laos-China Railway Trade Surges as Cross-Border Freight Hits New Highs

Trade along the Laos-China Railway continued to grow sharply in the first half of...

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha Retires from Politics

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who held power for almost nine years following a military coup in 2014, has announced his retirement from politics. Prayut's...

Myanmar Violence and SEA Disputes to Dominate Asean Talks Joined by US, Russian and Chinese Envoys

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Myanmar’s prolonged civil strife, tensions in the disputed South China Sea, and concern over arms buildups in the region are...

Cambodia Records This Year’s Fifth Irrawaddy Dolphin Calf in Mekong River

Cambodia has discovered the fifth newborn dolphin in the northern province of Kratie, expanding the Mekong Irrawaddy dolphin population in the region. Khmer Times reports...

Lao Youth Union Proposes Draft Law to Protect Lao Youth

The Lao Youth Union (LYU) has put forward a draft law to the 9th National Assembly, emphasizing the importance of safeguarding and promoting Lao...

Laos Issues Statement on Delivery of Cluster Munitions to Ukraine

After the United States confirmed its decision to send cluster bombs to Ukraine on Friday as part of ammunition support to fight the ongoing...

Lao Minister of Finance Proposes New Draft Law on Land Tax

The Minister of Finance, Santiphap Phomvihane, proposed a new draft law on land tax during the ongoing 5th Ordinary Session of the 9th National...