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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...

Laos-Vietnam Trade Shoots Up by 24 Percent in 2022

The two-way trade income between the countries increased by 24 percent in 2022, crossing over USD 1.7 billion. The report stated that the two...

Toddler Rescued from 15-Meter-Deep Well in Thailand

Thai emergency service team has successfully saved a one-year-old girl who fell into a 15-meter-deep well in Northern Thailand's Tak province last night. According to...

Samsung Provides Study Materials for Schools in Laos

Samsung Electronics Company donated computers for schools in Houaphanh province and other provinces at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office on Friday last...

ASEAN Tourism Forum 2023 Discuss Strategic Steps for Economic Revival

ASEAN foreign ministers met on Saturday in Yogyakarta, Indonesia to discuss collaborative ways to carry out the 2016-2025 ASEAN Tourism Strategic Plan (ATSP). The 2023...

Laos, Thailand Discuss Reopening of Four Borders Checkpoints

Deputy Governor of Vientiane Capital, Mr. Phounkhong Bannavong met with the Thai Permanent Secretary for Commerce, Mr. Keerati Rushchano on his visit to Laos...

Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam & Myanmar Economies to Get Stronger in 2023

The Siam Commercial Bank's Economic Intelligence Center has predicted that these countries will see a momentum in economic growth this year, but it will be...