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 ...

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

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

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.

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

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 ...

WESTMINSTER, Colo. (CBS4) - Construction on a new Lao Buddhist Temple continues almost 10 years after a fire destroyed the place of worship a community relied on to gather for cultural traditions and ...

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 ...

Joseph Akaravong, a politically-active Lao exile, was stabbed several times by an unknown assailant in southwestern France on June 14. On June 14, an attempt was made on the life of the prominent ...

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.