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In the steamy Laos capital of Vientiane early last week, Defense Secretary Phoumi Nosavan ‘bubbled with optimism over his army’s successes in combating Communist guerrilla attacks on the ...
Fears grow that dam across Mekong River in Laos could harm World Heritage site of Luang Prabang Landlocked Laos doesn’t have the famous beaches of its Southeast Asian neighbors, so it instead ...
Journey along the Mekong River through southern Laos, from the region's highest point on the Bolaven Plateau down to its lowest, the idyllic 4,000 Islands. Discover ancient Buddhist temples, rice ...
The Mekong River Commission welcomed on Wednesday a decision by the Laos government to suspend approval of new dams while reviewing all dams currently under construction following the collapse of part ...
The villagers on this trip rarely see tourists. And I'm positive they've never seen one in a bikini.
Laos has agreed to open a proposed hydropower project along the Mekong River to further scrutiny from neighbouring countries, after Vietnam previously called for a delay in developing the dam.
The 129th joint Mekong River patrol by China, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand concluded last week, said the public security department of southwest China's Yunnan Province.
Authorities in northern Laos' Oudomxay province circulated a notice warning people living in Xay and Nga districts not to use or drink water from the Nga River.
A British man who disappeared on holiday in Laos has been found dead, a friend said today. John-Paul Conley was swept away by currents while swimming in Don Khone river in the south-east Asian ...
The contamination occurred in Laos’s Luang Prabang town where a lorry carrying more than 30 tonnes of the acid overturned in a road accident on Wednesday, leading to the acid leaking into Nam ...
Work on two of the biggest dams on the Mekong River in Laos is going ahead, despite a promise by the government to halt and review all new projects after a deadly dam disaster in July. The fatal ...