PHICHIT, Thailand — Police spotted a 10-year-old Thai boy riding an old bicycle heading to Bangkok at a road checkpoint here Saturday morning. The boy from Phichit's Samngam district, 345 kilometers …

As France-based hotelier Accor multiplies its Pullman brand throughout the Asia-Pacific, Thailand's Pullman Bangkok King Power will be the model for the region. Bangkok, Thailand (

ARLINGTON, Va. A small band of former Hmong soldiers and their American advisers gathered at Arlington National Cemetery on Friday to remember comrades killed in the U.S. covert war in Laos.

Posted on: Friday, 16 May 2008, 21:00 CDT By Charoen Kittikanya, Bangkok Post, Thailand May 16–Helped by surging revenue in the first quarter, Bangkok Dusit Medical Services, the country's largest h…

Dancing and singing While creating Friendlier Schools that meet international standards and are suited to Vietnamese culture, MOET also wants children to be given access to traditional cultural activi…

-(Dow Jones)- The State Bank of Vietnam, or the country's central bank, said Saturday that it has agreed to allow Vietnam Export Import Commercial Joint Stock Bank to sell 25% stakes to four foreign…

Ernie Barbosa, a sergeant in the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, sat in the moonlight before a replica of the Vietnam Veteran Memorial — 58,256 names etched in white that from a distance loo…

Southeast Asian countries are scrambling to demonstrate that they can lead the international effort to assist cyclone victims in neighboring Burma, with a meeting planned for Monday at which foreign ministers will confront their Burmese counterpart over the government’s response to the crisis.

It seems that Laos is getting a lot of recognition lately, and appears as the next potential hot spots for tourists, another great article in The New York Times: 36 hours in Luang Prabang, Laos. I also posted more photos of A Weekend in Luang Prabang, Laos at my blog. As for those that [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: “36 Hours in Luang Prabang, Laos”, url: “http://laovoices.com/2008/05/16/36-hours-in-luang-prabang-laos/” });