Looking ahead to May, the government will prioritize stricter enforcement of laws on illegal mining, intensify efforts to combat online scams, and focus on rural development and poverty reduction.

VIENTIANE: The government is stepping up efforts to stabilise the economy and tighten regulation in key sectors after ...

But the reality on the ground is often very different, especially in remote, mountainous areas where Christian families are ...

Laos' government has longstanding plans to turn the landlocked country of 8 million people into "the battery of Southeast Asia" by exporting electricity generated by hydropower dams along the Mekong ...

Lao PDR’s return to offshore bond markets in November 2025, after a two-year hiatus, was a milestone in its journey of ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the Laotian government on Friday to implement key recommendations regarding enforced disappearances and violations of fundamental civil and political rights. The ...

We write on the occasion of the forthcoming 9th Australia-Laos Human Rights Dialogue scheduled to take place in November 2025 in Vientiane. The single-party, authoritarian government of the Lao People ...

The Australian government has called in the Lao ambassador in Canberra, amid criticism of the country's response to a fatal methanol poisoning. It comes as the families of Melbourne teenagers Bianca ...