Long Tieng once housed one of the busiest air hubs in the world in the 1960s, but it was closed to the public for decades ...

VIENTIANE: A 1,350-metre bridge linking Borikhamxay province in Laos and Bueng Kan province in Thailand across the Mekong ...

LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) — Landlocked Laos doesn’t have the famous beaches of its neighbors to attract tourists, but instead relies on the pristine beauty of its mountains and rivers and ...

1975 - The Pathet Lao - renamed the Lao People's Front - seizes power and ... on the lower Mekong river, despite opposition from environmentalists and neighbours Cambodia and Vietnam.

VIENTIANE: People gathered to enjoy colorful activities ... one of the biggest and most festive celebrations in the country. The Mekong River in Lao capital came alive with excitement during ...

Thailand has emerged as a hotspot for poaching, with poachers capturing monkeys in urban areas before smuggling them across the Mekong River into Laos and ... the road where people feed them ...

Thongloun Sisoulith was elected the Lao People's Revolutionary Party's general ... on the lower Mekong river, despite opposition from environmentalists and neighbours Cambodia and Vietnam.

Fisherman catch fish in Mekong river in front of construction site of Luang Prabang dam in Luang Prabang, Laos, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2024. Luang Prabang was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site nearly ...