VIENTIANE: The Vice President has called on the Ministry of ... strengthen competitiveness, and create more jobs for Lao nationals. According to a World Bank report titled “Unlocking Finance for Micro ...

Laos is intensifying efforts to strengthen public health nationwide, integrating infrastructure development, capacity ...

VIENTIANE, Oct 20, (Xinhua): Residents in Laos are being urged to prepare for widespread heavy rainfall as tropical storm ...

The collection initially featured fewer than 100 books, mostly contributed by members of the Vietnamese community. Today, it ...

VIENTIANE, Oct. 28 (Xinhua) -- Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith has sent a message of deep condolence to Thailand's King Maha Vajiralongkorn Phra Vajiraklaochaoyuhua over the death of Thailand's ...

Foreign men exploit underage victims lured into prostitution by poverty and false promises of legitimate work.

In a quiet corner of the Lao capital Vientiane, an unremarkable compound conceals a dark and exploitative operation. Behind one door, a room resembling an elementary school classroom is filled with ...

Human rights groups on Wednesday called for an investigation into the shooting of a political and social activist in Laos whose posts on Facebook criticized the Southeast Asian nation’s communist ...

Carol Cassidy started her shop in 1990; sees "beautiful side of globalization." VIENTIANE, Laos, July 22, 2008 — -- In the northern Lao village of Pakor, where 100 people live along a few hundred ...