Lao rice production has been increasing significantly since the early 1990s. It was driven by area expansion and increase in yields. Rice production in Laos has more than doubled over 1991–2011, and ...

Sticky rice is the staple food of Laotian meals, and green rice paddies can seem to spread to the horizon. Lao-lao, a rice whiskey, requires sticky rice to be steamed and washed, then fermented ...

Child malnutrition persists even though Laos has recorded a rice surplus annually since the late 1990s, according to World Bank data. Experts say the Southeast Asian country has not been able to ...

Discerning diners looking to challenge their palette with different flavours can visit Townsville’s only Laotian restaurant, ...

Laos is Southeast Asia’s only landlocked country ... mainly mountainous country is the mighty Mekong River, which floods rice fields, creates vital fish habitat, and serves as the main highway ...

Laos is facing worsening child malnutrition, with experts warning that the country’s economic challenges and underfunding for agriculture are contributing to the crisis, leaving thousands of ...