A year after her childhood friend died in a mass methanol poisoning incident in Laos, British traveller Bethany Clarke is still grappling with grief and a lack of answers. On November 12 last year, ...

Malaysia came roaring back after the break to secure victory and stayed at the top of Group F. (Bernama pic) Malaysia produced a stunning second-half comeback to crush Laos 5-1 in their fourth Group F ...

VANG VIENG, Laos -- The Central Intelligence Agency's "secret war" in Laos ended 50 years ago, silencing Lima Site 6 and other isolated airstrips which helped the U.S. carpet bomb this tiny ...

The Russian Defense Ministry announced on Friday the start of Laros-2025, a joint military exercise with Laos. The opening ceremony took place in the Laos capital Vientiane, the ministry said in a ...

Laos’ ambition to become the “battery of Southeast Asia” has left the country awash with surplus electricity, but burdened by soaring debts from a decades-long dam-building spree. Now, in a bid to ...

Laos, on Monday (September 1, 2025), was accepted as a dialogue partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) at the SCO summit conducted in the Chinese city of Tianjin. Since the dialogue ...

VIENTIANE (Laotian Times): The Bank of Laos has lowered its base interest rate by 0.5 per cent, a move aimed at giving businesses and households some breathing room as the country navigates both ...

Laos’ Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone has seemingly become a hotbed of cybercrime on the Mekong River. Critics say Kings Romans Group, owner of the Kings Romans Casino across the river from ...

VAN PAK LEN, Laos – Rising from muddy fields on a Mekong riverbank in Laos, a lotus tops a casino in a sprawling city that analysts decry as a centre for cybercrime. Shabby, mismatched facades – ...

Deep in the sweltering jungles of central Laos, a 4,500-foot stretch of cracked concrete cuts through the trees — an airstrip without an airport, in a village where many have never been on a plane.