A new report highlights widespread monkey laundering in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, where wild-caught long-tailed macaques are illegally funneled into breeding farms before being exported for ...

BEIJING - Laos has signed a US$1.45 billion (S$1.94 billion) clean energy deal with a Chinese power plant equipment manufacturer as the South-east Asian country furthers its push into clean power ...

China and Laos are deepening their strategic partnership, advancing key projects like the China-Laos Economic Corridor and Railway, and enhancing cooperation in emerging sectors for regional ...

The second Cambodia-Laos Joint Trade Committee Meeting took place in Vientiane, Laos on January 28. The two neighbouring nations have agreed on four key points which are expected to enhance bilateral ...

Laotian Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone delivers a speech during the closing ceremony of the ASEAN Summit, in Vientiane, Laos, Oct. 11, 2024 (AP photo Dita Alangkara). Click to share on Twitter ...

The government hopes new hotels, roads and a train system will put Laos on visitors’ lists. Laos has a longstanding reputation as an inexpensive, under-the-radar tourist destination best known ...

Taking advantage of its mountainous topography and the Mekong River flowing through the country, Laos has extensively developed its hydropower capacity. As of 2021, the country has 78 operational ...

Credit: Pedro Szekely / Flickr CCBYSA2 On the world’s longest train journey ... The recent opening of the train line from Laos to China was crucial in making the longest train journey possible. The ...

PAKSE, Laos -- Chinese businessman Tao Jian spends an entire day navigating muddy roads on the Bolaven Plateau in southern Laos, inspecting his durian empire of 50,000 trees. The area is nicknamed ...

Commerce Minister Pichai Naripthaphan has pledged to strengthen bilateral relations between Thailand and Laos, in a bid to boost the value of bilateral trade to US$11 billion by next year ...

President Yoon Suk Yeol from Oct. 6-11 will go on a six-day tour of the Philippines, Singapore and Laos. Principal Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae-hyo on Oct. 3 released the president's ...

China has financed major infrastructure projects in Laos, but the return on investment has yet to overcome the small country's mounting debt problems. As part of its Belt and Road Initiative ...