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Seven-Year-Old Becomes Laos’ Youngest Internationally Rated Chess Player

Seven-year-old Bounthiengtham “Jayson” Sengphachan has already done something no Lao chess player his age has done before. The young player from Vientiane Chess Academy recently became the youngest Lao player to receive an official FIDE Rapid rating, a ranking based on performance in faster-paced chess games, scoring 1503 after a...

Thailand’s HIV Cases Pass 550,000, Laos Reports Rising Infections Among Young People

Thailand has recorded 557,993 cumulative HIV cases, health authorities say, even as new infections...

Laos, Vietnam Set USD 4 Billion Trade Goal as Economic Ties Grow

Laos and Vietnam are pushing to take their economic partnership to the next level,...

Former MRC Chief Anoulak Kittikhoun Named First Lao Head of Mekong Institute

Former Mekong River Commission (MRC) Chief Executive Officer Anoulak Kittikhoun has been appointed Executive...

Lao Police Arrest Two Nationals in Cross-Border Heroin Investigation

Two Lao nationals have been arrested in Laos as part of a growing cross-border...

Thailand Lifts Dress Code Restriction for Female Lawyers

In a significant move toward gender equality, female lawyers in Thailand can now wear trousers to court as of 24 March. This marks a...

Fire in Phou Phanang Forest Contained After Nine Grueling Days

After nine long days, authorities managed to extinguish the blazing forest fire in the Phou Phanang National Protected Area on 28 March. The fire, which...

Lao Nationals Apprehended in Cambodia for Smuggling Drugs

Police in Cambodia have arrested two Lao nationals for smuggling methamphetamine pills across the Laos-Cambodia border to Stung Treng province. Nok Sovannasan, 23, and...

Thailand Closes National Park as Fire Spreads From Laos

Thailand has closed Phu Chi Fa National Park, located in the northern province of Chiang Rai, due to a fire that spread from Laos...

Authorities in Two Provinces Close Schools Due to Air Pollution

Due to concerns about dangerous air pollution levels affecting the health of students, all schools in Thaphabat District, Bolikhamxay Province, and Xayaboury Province, have...

Cambodian PM to Issue Benefit Cards to Dolphin Zone Villagers

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen urged government authorities during a meeting last Friday to issue ID Poor cards to people living in the Irrawaddy...