The 2,129-kilometer (1,323-mile) border runs through densely forested mountains and has long been notorious for drug smuggling into China from the “Golden Triangle” region where the borders of Laos, …
Bank of Laos to take legal action against unauthorised foreign currency trading
The Bank of Lao PDR (BOL) issued an official notice to warn individuals and companies against unlawful foreign currency trade in the country to avoid being prosecuted for the same.
No more running away! Motorists in Laos given warning and urged to pay road tax by September
The Ministry of Finance of Laos has advised residents across the country to pay their road taxes by September this year.
Time Is Running out for Indonesia to Turn the Tide on Myanmar
If Indonesia ends up the steward of ASEAN’s failure over Myanmar, Laos – the next chair – will be the gravedigger.
IFC Helps Boost Laos’ Private Sector Financing, Realize Infrastructure Targets
IFC Helps Boost Laos’ Private Sector Financing, Realize Infrastructure Targets. Opening session of the training on legal skils for private sector financing in …
Textiles show history of Secret War in Laos, and how women perceived conflict
Monday marks 50 years since the U.S. ended its nine-year bombing of Laos. Traditional textiles with missiles, grenades and attack planes offer a haunting glimpse of the attacks.
Southeast Asian ‘battery’ Laos embraces wind power to sustain energy exports
BANGKOK/TOKYO — Laos, one of Asia’s biggest exporters of hydroelectricity, is poised to make a leap into wind power as a hedge against overreliance on its strained water resources. Deep in the …
Haze in Malaysia due to post-Covid-19 economic activities in Mekong Subregion – Geologists
SHAH ALAM – Transport transboundary haze occurs in Malaysia due to economic activities carried out post-Covid-19 in the Mekong Subregion which comprises Cambodia, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand.
President wishes ‘a Happy Lao New Year’, urges collective effort to overcome difficulties
President Thongloun Sisoulith has extended best wishes to Lao compatriots, Lao expatriates abroad and foreign expatriates in Laos on the occasion of Lao New Year (Pi Mai Lao), which falls on April …
Revealed: official gifts to Royal family contained in £100m ‘private’ stamp collection
Mint collection of historical Canadian stamps and rare set from Laos were given to royals as state gifts …