From fertilized duck eggs to deep-fried insects, this journey dives headfirst into the most unconventional corners of Lao cuisine. Every stop offers something wild and unexpected. Are you ready to ...

VIENTIANE: Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone has called for deeper business cooperation and more Malaysian investments in Laos, saying the country offers strategic advantages and strong potential ...

Lao Sze Chuan opened in Chicago’s Chinatown in 1998, where it made a big splash thanks to its stellar Sichuan cuisine. Founder, chef Tony Hu, went on to open a dozen or so Chicago locations of ...

He pointed to the LAO’s May 2019 report on Newsom’s revision of his first budget, which found spending “is nearing the sustainable limit…. Larger discretionary reserves are warranted at ...

The announcement was made by Minister of Education and Training Nguyen Kim Son during a meeting on June 2 with Khamphao Ernthavanh, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Lao People's ...

Roland Rajah is lead economist at the Lowy Institute. Laos is suffering an acute debt crisis with no apparent way out. This is a shocking reversal of the optimism of the pre-COVID-19 era ...

VIENTIANE (Laotian Times): Laos is among the top countries with the highest overstay rates for the United States tourist and business visas, according to the latest data from the US Department of ...

The Lao economy grew by 4.1% in 2024, driven by strong performance in services, electricity, mining, agriculture, and manufacturing. Foreign tourist arrivals rose by 21% while domestic travel ...

Laos, meanwhile, falls under the roster of seven other nations hit with heightened restrictions, together with Burundi, Cuba, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela. Trump announced the ...

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.

BANGKOK – The inclusion of Myanmar and Laos on a list of countries deemed by the Trump administration to pose terrorist and national security threats to the US prompted immediate double takes ...