Laos is heavily indebted to and economically dependent on China. Could Vietnam and Thailand offer a way out of its conundrum?

As the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2025 is coming, the Embassy of Vietnam in Phnom Penh on January 23 and 24 welcomed delegations from the Cambodian Veterans’ Association (CVA), the General Commissariat of the National Police of Cambodia,

Israel working 'around the clock' to bring them to Thailand for treatment; five reportedly sustained moderate to serious wounds when driver apparently fell asleep behind the wheel The post 13 Israeli tourists injured,

Laos and Vietnam recently launched a cross-border QR code payment system that has the potential to boost trade and tourism.

Greta Marie Otteson, 33, and Arno Quinto Els, 36, were found dead on Boxing Day at the Hoi An Silverbell Villa in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Laos held a get-together to welcome the lunar New Year (Tet) 2025 and mark the 95th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) (February 3, 1930 - 2025) in Vientiane on January 24 evening,

Vietnam will take on Laos in an opening Group F match of the AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifiers, third round, at Binh Duong stadium in the south on March 25, said the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

VIENTIANE: The 600MW Monsoon Wind Power Project, under construction in Xekong and Attapeu provinces, is expected to be connected to the Vietnamese electricity grid next month to facilitate power export planned for the second quarter of this year.

The vigorous anti-corruption efforts and the policy of streamlining the state apparatus will bring success to Vietnam, enabling it to harness its strengths for a new development path in the era of the nation's rise,

The Monsoon – Thanh My 500kV transmission line project is designed to import electricity from Laos’ Monsoon wind power plant to Vietnam, adding 600 MW to the national power grid during the 2024–2025 period.

According to a report from the Lao Ministry of Public Security, human trafficking in Laos often involves brokers and criminals using cyber scams, particularly call-center scams, to trick Lao girls into risky and illegal situations.

Launched in December 1986, Vietnam’s “reform” era (đổi mới) came to an end in August 2024. Domestic political events in the ensuing months ushered the country into a new era, although the coming period may turn out to be a Gramscian interregnum, when “the old is dying and the new cannot be born.”