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More Lao Citizens Live Abroad as Foreign Population Nearly Doubles

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...

Lao Migrant Workers Send Home USD 500 Million in First Seven Months of 2026

Lao migrant workers sent an estimated USD 500.7 million back to Laos during the...

Timor-Leste Moves to Join Cluster Munition Ban at Vientiane Conference

Timor-Leste has taken a formal step toward joining the Convention on Cluster Munitions, signing...

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...

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...

Two Thais Arrested While Trying to Smuggle 47 Macaques to China Through Laos

Police in the province of Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, nabbed two men on a pickup truck who were attempting to smuggle 47 macaques into China...

Lao Airlines Plane Returns After Aircraft Collision in South Korea

A passenger plane from Lao Airlines flew back to Vientiane on Wednesday following a collision with a Korean airplane at Incheon International Airport three...

Thai Man Gets Two Year Term for Calendar Said to Mock King

BANGKOK (AP) — A Thai man was sentenced to two years in prison Tuesday for selling calendars featuring satirical cartoons of yellow ducks that...

Over 600,000 Foreign Tourists Visited Vientiane Capital in 2022

More than 600,000 international tourists visited the capital of Laos in 2022, double the expected number of 300,000 visitors. Encouraged by the tourism figures...

Thailand Begins Work on Longest Railway Tunnel Connecting to Laos

The excavation work for Thailand's longest tunnel, which will connect the country to Laos, has begun and it is expected to open for service...

Laos to Install More Immigration Checkpoints at First Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge

The immigration authorities in Laos will construct a dozen more checkpoints before the Lao New Year next month at the First Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge. Vientiane...