Laos News

Students, doctors and nurses from hospital 103 here, attended the first ever training exchange to learn the U.S. based first responder techniques and become trainers for their countries emerging medical care ...

On July 22, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi attended the China-ASEAN foreign ministers conference held in Singapore for a discussion on major issues such as the relations between China and ASEAN.

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung, chairman of Viet Nam's Committee for Viet Nam-Laos Co-operation, began his working visit to Laos on Monday in order to boost trade and investment between the two ...

Central Quang Tri Province is the first out of ten provinces sharing the border with Laos to begin a project to add and upgrade border landmarks between Vietnam and Laos.

In the northern Lao village of Pakor, where 100 people live along a few hundred feet of land near the river, where the only shop sells shampoo and sticky rice behind the village elder's hut, 20-year-old Silay ...

Heavy rain caused rivers to rise last week, flooding roads and crops in many provinces around Laos, according to a report from the Meteorology and Hydrology Department.

The Lao government will establish a national rice bank, which will be capable of storing 60,000 tonnes of the commodity to ensure food security.

The East-West Economic Corridor, in reality a 1,450-kilonieter-long road, connects Danang City in Vietnam with large cities of Laos and Thailand.

The saffron robes of Buddhist monks animate the quiet streets of Vientiane. It's a morning town, with lots of the activity between 6 a.m. and noon.

The future of travel guides is certainly on the internet, and TravelFish is leading the way with current guides on Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and a bit on Thailand.

The authorities will allow all foreign tourist vehicles, including right-hand-drive ones, to enter the country via all border gates soon in an effort to attract more travelers, especially from neighboring ...

Four German organizations GTZ, DED, InWent, and KFW have guaranteed 12 million euros for the project, and the Cambodian government has committed to contributing an additional 10 percent of this figure, or 1.2 ...

Channy said $10 million had been invested in Acleda Bank , which has its headquarters in Vientiane and branches in the southern cities of Savannakhet and Pakse.

GEORGE TOWN: Penangites should not expect a financial windfall from Unesco with the listing of George Town as a world heritage site.

Hanoi's students will join a volunteer programme in Laos' capital Vientiane from July 8-20, according to a leader of the city's youth union.

NEW LONDON - As a former United Nations employee, Ken Smith has worked with Nobel Peace Prize winners and freedom fighters in lands worlds away from his hometown of New London.

Location: Mr. Bourdain kicked off a new round of episodes last night with Laos .

A group of 30 volunteers from the Hanoi Youth Union led by deputy secretary Doan Trung Tuan will leave today for the Laotian capital Vientiane on a 12-day trip.

Lao airlines says its business is healthy. The Laos national carrier has cut operating costs to compensate for increased fuel prices.

VIENTIANE, 3 July 2008 - While wealthy industrialised nations are struggling to find ways to encourage their populations to adopt solar energy, a small energy company in the Lao People's Democratic Republic has ...