Villagers in western Laos awakened in a panic final week to the sound of staff blasting rock to arrange for the constructing of a dam that will submerge their properties on the Mekong River.  They have been distressed as a result of the federal government has not clarified its relocation …

America has agreed to offer funding and gear to Laos to assist fight unlawful logging in its nationwide protest forests, an official on the U.S. Embassy in Laos mentioned. Officers from the U.S. Forest Service’s Worldwide Program and the Lao Division of Forest Inspection signed a memorandum of understanding on …

Laos has been faced with a chronic shortage of teachers and healthcare workers in recent years.  But the government’s plan to hire only 800 state employees this year – only some of whom will be teachers and medical staff – due to budgetary constraints amid a host of economic woes …

Laos’ new Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone started his time period promising to “elevate the spirit of the revolution to the best degree,” and prime financial officers goal to rein in surging inflation and spur progress amid hopes of a restoration in tourism and loosening journey restrictions, significantly from China. However …