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 ...

As we cross the border from Thailand to Laos, there are fewer houses, people and boats and more jungle-shrouded hills tumbling down to the river, where submerged rocks and large tree branches and ...

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 government is monitoring sulphuric acid contamination in the Mekong River on the Lao side of the border.

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.

John-Paul Conley (pictured), 35, from Middlesborough, was swept away by currents in a Laos river while on holiday with his partner Kate Downey.

Thailand’s navy has seized 11 million meth pills from traffickers crossing from Laos via the Mekong River, a record bust from a communist state that is emerging as a key Asian drug route.