Story Archive
2010-12-26
China's investments in Laos may eclipse those from traditional ally Vietnam.
2010-12-23
Some ask whether he was a victim of a leadership split.
2010-12-09
Investors hail the project, but green groups say displaced residents lack 'sustainable livelihoods.'
2010-12-07
Amid a struggling U.S. economy and European recovery doubts, East Asian growth may slow, says a new report.
2010-11-11
The cash-starved Lao government resorts to selling bracelets and pins to raise funds and instructs its citizens to behave for Vientiane’s birthday bash.
2010-10-30
An on-the-spot look at a giant dam in Laos, six months after the start of its full commercial operation.
2010-10-21
Laotians say China will be the major beneficiary of a jointly-constructed railway.
2010-10-18
An intergovernmental study seeks a 10-year moratorium on the building of hydropower dams along the Mekong River.
2010-10-14
Thai police free 13 girls smuggled from Laos and forced into prostitution.
2010-07-28
But Lao officials face major obstacles.
2010-04-24
The world's most heavily bombed country is still strewn with unexploded ordnance, or UXO, from the Vietnam War.
2010-03-28
Lao Hmong forcibly repatriated from Thailand say they want to be resettled again.
2010-03-01
A Lao official urges parents to invest in their children’s education.
2010-01-27
More Lao forestry officials are taking bribes in exchange for illegal logging concessions.
2010-01-14
The Thai prime minister says Hmong repatriated to Laos could still be resettled to third countries.