Poverty is widespread in Laos, and is especially severe for children from ethnic minorities living in rural areas. Families lack access to basic services, including health care, sanitation and food.

Chinese developers are constructing high-rise residential towers across the special economic zone that are geared to Chinese investors, unaffordable to the vast majority of Lao. Warning ...

VIENTIANE: Air quality in several areas of Laos has deteriorated, with PM2.5 levels reaching thresholds that pose health ...

VIENTIANE (Laotian Times): Laos capital Vientian was left grappling ... Residents, frustrated and angered, blame poor drainage management. “I think the problem is not just the rain itself ...