VANG VIENG – Decades before it became a favoured stop for backpackers seeking alcohol-fuelled parties and adventure, Vang Vieng’s limestone karst and turquoise lagoons offered a stunning backdrop to a ...

The number of Vietnamese visiting Laos increased by 25% to 589,000 in the first half of 2025, making Vietnam the second largest source market in Southeast Asia after Thailand. The Royal Palace in ...

News that Thailand had sent more than 4,000 ethnic Hmong refugees back to Laos drew worried reactions Monday in the Coulee Region. The Associated Press quoted a Thai Army colonel Monday as saying that ...

For the first time in its history, the Southeast Asian nation of Laos will allow its citizens to form nonprofit organizations, according to the Vientiane Times, the country’s English-speaking ...

Laos is a paradise by any standard. The hilly landscape is sweeping and lush and devastatingly gorgeous. The cities are more like towns — small and bustling and never overwhelming; they are walkable ...

We’ve all heard of buffalo mozzarella. But in one popular Southeast Asia destination, a farm is offering travelers a chance to sample a wide variety of cheeses using milk from local buffalos instead ...

The opening of the fifth Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge has sparked optimism among people in Laos, who hope it will improve ...

VIENTIANE (Reuters Life!) - Usher's "Can U Handle It" fills the hall where the teenagers in baggy pants, chains jingling from their necks, greet each other with "Yo" and "Whazz-up." Lao youth have ...

The country of Laos is often overlooked by travelers exploring Southeast Asia. Nestled between the well-trodden paths of ...

You have seen Thailand's sun-soaked beaches, slurped steaming bowls of pho in Vietnam, and posed in Bali's iconic rice terraces. So, what is next? If you are craving somewhere less crowded, more ...