VIENTIANE: A seminar has been held in northern Laos to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party ...
A landlocked country threaded by waterways, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic was once a densely forested Buddhist kingdom called Lan Xang, known as the land of a million elephants.
The country’s economy is growing by nearly 8 percent a year. The flag of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party, with its Soviet-style hammer and sickle, still flies alongside the national flag ...
The "self-destructive economic policies" of the ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) mean the country has been "stagnating for almost half a century". But the situation is also a ...
Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Thongsavanh Phomvihane will visit China from Wednesday to Saturday, marking his first ...
Phankham Viphavanh, who took office in early 2021, may be on the way out -- hounded by scandal and a bad year for Laos’ economy. The economy is stagnant and discontent is on the rise.