VIENTIANE: Natural disasters affected 217,168 people in Laos in 2024, with damage totaling over 6 trillion kip (some US$279 million).

Laos' Ministry of Health will partner with the private sector to preserve plant species used in traditional medicine production and improve the quality and quantity of traditional medicine products.

A BRITISH lawyer died from a bleed on the brain after she was poisoned by methanol while on holiday in Laos, an inquest heard. Simone White, 28, died in hospital nine days after consuming free

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The two countries also issued a joint statement calling for upgrading their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership.

Statistics suggest that over 1,500 people, both Chinese and Laotian, visited the courtyard of the center during the two days. The temple fair also gained significant attention on social media platforms, with tens of thousands of people viewing promotional videos released by the center.

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TOKYO (Kyodo) -- The leaders of Japan and Laos agreed Tuesday to upgrade their bilateral relations to a "comprehensive strategic partnership," as Tokyo tries to strengthen cooperation with Southeast Asia to uphold a rules-based order amid China's rise.

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met with Laotian counterpart Sonexay Siphandone in Tokyo, where they said vice-ministerial-level dialogues in both foreign affairs and defense would be established.

The Monsoon-Thanh My 500kV transmission line project's section in the Vietnamese territory was successfully energized on Thursday evening, according to the Vietnam Electricity's (EVN) Power Project Management Board 2 (EVNPMB2).

"Popular and fun-loving" British lawyer Simone White was rushed to hospital after she and her friends downed free vodka at the Nana Backpackers Hostel, which had been laced with methanol

Months after 47 Indians trapped in Chinese-run cyber scam centres in Laos were rescued and brought home, six more Mumbai-based individuals escaped similar horrific circumstances and have urged Indian authorities to help others still stranded in Laos,