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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...

Australian Global Firm AgCo Tech Sets Foot In Luang Prabang With New Factory

Agcotech Global, a prominent producer of animal feed and nutrition solutions, held a grand opening ceremony on 27 April 2023, for their new Methane...

Thailand to Offer Over USD 14,000 to Travel Around the Country

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has announced a new campaign called “ Tourist of Thailand,” where one lucky person will get to travel...

Muay Lao Federation’s President Apologizes for Controversial Remarks

The President of the Muay Lao Federation, Mr. Saysamone Sayasone, released a video on Sunday apologizing for his comments comparing the Cambodian Kun Khmer...

UN Experts Condemn Continued Use of Death Penalty for Drug-Related Crimes

UN experts strongly condemned Singapore’s execution of Tangaraju s/o Suppiah on Tuesday and called on the Government to impose an immediate moratorium on capital...

Death Sentence Upheld for Ex-school Principal Who Killed 3 in Thailand

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for an ex-elementary school principal convicted of killing three people, including a toddler, during...

Mekong Tourism Forum 2023 Concludes in Sihanoukville, Cambodia

The Mekong Tourism Forum (MTF) 2023 under the theme of “Rethinking for Resilience and Digitalization” concluded successfully at the Independence Hotel in Preah Sihanoukville,...