Bangkok - Sweden’s decision to shut its embassy in Laos this year was primarily due to a redirection of Swedish development aid towards Africa but was also influenced by the slow pace of political reforms in the communist state, media reports reveale…

Berlin (ANTARA News) - The 58th Berlin Film Festival will screen a retrospective recalling the impact of the Vietnam conflict on US cinema, the organisers said on Monday. Mike Nichols’ 1970 anti-war f…

BANGKOK — Thailand’s People Power Party (PPP) MP Yongyuth Tiyapairat was elected as the House Speaker and president of the parliament at the first parliamentary meeting on Tuesday. Yongyuth, former d…

LUANG NAM THA, Laos - The North-South Corridor of the Asian Development Bank-funded (ADB) Great Asian Highway is nearly fully paved.

(Photo) Thavongkham Vongthongkham or Bern ( second left ) and Nuandy Lathsvong or Nuan ( second right ) at the official launch of the hotline.

Well known singers from hot…

Local metal bands will combine forces next week for a charity concert
at the Horkang Stage on Fa Ngum Road, to raise funds for rural children
in northern Laos.

The Lao People’s…

JANUARY 21, 2008. Best Western is gearing up to turn the handle on its latest Thai property, the 50-room Best Western Mayfair Suites. Scheduled to open in March 1, 2008, Best Western Mayfair Suites…

Phonsoavan: So I am somewhere in the middle of nowhere:) northeast Laos, one part of Laos that got very heaviliy bombed during Vietnam war (or American war how the called it here).The US dropped here millons of bombs, to destroy the Ho Chi Min Trail, …

Disgraced glam rocker Gary Glitter has been treated in hospital after suffering diarrhoea and an irregular heartbeat in Vietnam, his doctor said. Glitter, 63, whose real name is Paul Francis Gadd, …

BERLIN (AFP) - A Vietnamese grandmother whose 25-year battle against corruption has made her the target of death threats received a prestigious award from