Laos

Laos launched its tourist e-visa service on July 11, a move aimed at increasing tourism arrival numbers...

Young startups and entrepreneurs in Lao are now being helped to utilise digital technologies to achieve their full...

Thailand has agreed to sign a memorandum of cooperation with China and Laos for a rail link...

Craters Restaurant decorated with cleared UXO in Phonsavan, Laos © Arno Maierbrugger The clearing of unexploded ordnance (UXO)...

Laos is stepping up efforts for the use of electric vehicles in the country and will be...

In a bid to attract more tourists and reduce waiting times at border checkpoints, Laos’ ministry of...

A United Nations human rights expert has urged communist-ruled Laos to focus less on foreign-invested dam and railway contracts...

The newly released World Happiness Report 2019 by the United Nations shows that most Southeast Asian countries...

The governments of Laos and Vietnam agreed to enter a cooperation for the development of cyber security and e-government solutions and continue their cooperation...

With growth rates of around seven per cent in recent years, Laos is one of the best performing in ASEAN. The country’s GDP rose...

The Laos government has unveiled a new national development vision, which it plans to facilitate from 2021 to 2025. The plan entails the transformation of...

With an average score of just 44 out of 100 for three consecutive years, the Asia-Pacific region is making little progress in the fight...

Close to 129 million tourists visited the ten member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2018, which translates into a...

The Communist Lao government expects domestic and foreign private investment to climb to 23,086 billion kip ($2.7 billion) in 2019 from around $2.36 billion...

The Laos government has plans to set up a smart and eco city in its northwestern Oudomxay province within the province’s Namor district and...

Laos ordered an unknown number of fighter jets and up to 30 army tanks from Russia, with sources in Laos saying the purchase will...

Corruption in Laos has become worse despite the government’s ramped-up efforts to battle the issue over the past two years, NGOs say. In addition, many...

Laos will close its “Visit Laos Year 2018” promotion well short of the five million tourist arrivals target, the Vientiane Times quoted officials. According to...