The number of foreign nationals living in Laos has nearly doubled over the past decade, led by a sharp increase in Chinese residents, even as hundreds of thousands of Lao citizens live abroad.
Laos recorded 79,827 foreign residents in its 2025 census, up from 45,538 in 2015. The census also...
President Thongloun Sisoulith laid wreaths at the Independence Monument and the Royal Monument Statue to pay his respects to the late king Norodom Sihanouk,...
