"Unfortunately, Laos faces extremely high rates of childhood ... country has not been able to bolster its food security due to poor infrastructure hampering the transport of rice to many of ...

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 ...