A recent study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal describes the genetic epidemiology and dynamics of the parasite Plasmodium falciparum responsible for malaria outbreaks in Attapeu ...

Houayheuang “Muay” Xayabouly, a Lao social media influencer who was arrested in September 2019 after criticizing Laos’s response to floods. Credit: Facebook/Houayheuang Xayabouly As anti-government ...

On June 11, Laos (Lao People’s Democratic Republic)—a country of 7 million in Southeast Asia—said it had temporarily prevailed over COVID-19. Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith said that his country ...

The poor, small Southeast Asian country of Laos is set to cede majority control of its electric grid to a Chinese company, as it struggles to stave off a potential debt default, people with direct ...

Officials in the Lao People's Democratic Republic say they are ready to further lift lockdown restrictions. Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia's only landlocked country have remained steady at ...

But while COVID-19 represents a clear and pronounced shock, credit ratings are not determined solely on the grounds of economic growth. ‘Inadequate’ foreign exchange reserves, a widening current ...

The Laos government has begun nationwide issuance of its new national digital identity card, with the system officially going ...

Laos is Southeast Asia’s only landlocked country, nestled between China, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar (Burma). Over the past 30 years, it has experienced one of the highest economic ...

SapSap, the Racine-based pop-up restaurant and caterer of Lao food, has started a beer company that's meant to provide more than refreshment — 5% of sales will go toward eradicating unexploded bombs ...

China aims to complete the long-awaited construction of a multibillion-dollar, high-speed rail project from southwestern China to Laos by 2020 as part of Beijing’s efforts to link itself to Southeast ...