VANG VIENG, Laos (AP) — Laotian police have detained the manager and owner of a hostel where two teenage Australian tourists stayed who were poisoned by tainted alcohol, one fatally, in a case that ...

VIENTIANE: Every December, as Lao people nationwide celebrate National Day and look back on the country's long road to peace ...

That means the country is due to repay $1.2bn a year on average for the rest of this decade. Although Fitch estimates that ...

President Lee Jae Myung and Laotian President Thongloun Sisoulith agreed to upgrade bilateral relations to a “comprehensive ...

In the message, Xi said that, as comrades and brothers, China is sincerely pleased with the progress Laos has made, as the ...

The ruling Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has grossly mishandled the economy, but there is no political alternative – at least for now. For the past three decades, the Lao People’s Revolutionary ...

The more than 250-mile, $6 billion railway is set to cut through the northern part of Laos and is primarily financed and built by the Chinese. So... In Laos, A Chinese-Funded Railway Sparks Hope For ...

People didn't just survive, they recreated home where they could,” says Zanaman. His parents fled Laos as refugees, bringing their customs with them to Louisiana where they made a home.

VIENTIANE, Laos — The Communist government of this hapless, landlocked country set a lofty goal for the start of the new millennium: to attract a million visitors with its “Visit Laos Year” promotion.