Laos is heavily indebted to and economically dependent on China. Could Vietnam and Thailand offer a way out of its conundrum?

Large swaths of land in Southeast Asia are littered with unexploded bombs dropped by American forces during the Vietnam War.

Greta Marie Otteson, 33, and Arno Quinto Els, 36, were found dead on Boxing Day at the Hoi An Silverbell Villa in Vietnam.

As the Lunar New Year (Tet) 2025 is coming, the Embassy of Vietnam in Phnom Penh on January 23 and 24 welcomed delegations from the Cambodian Veterans’ Association (CVA), the General Commissariat of the National Police of Cambodia,

The Monsoon – Thanh My 500kV transmission line project is designed to import electricity from Laos’ Monsoon wind power plant to Vietnam, adding 600 MW to the national power grid during the 2024–2025 period.

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Laos and Vietnam recently launched a cross-border QR code payment system that has the potential to boost trade and tourism.

Vietnam will take on Laos in an opening Group F match of the AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifiers, third round, at Binh Duong stadium in the south on March 25, said the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

Launched in December 1986, Vietnam’s “reform” era (đổi mới) came to an end in August 2024. Domestic political events in the ensuing months ushered the country into a new era, although the coming period may turn out to be a Gramscian interregnum, when “the old is dying and the new cannot be born.”

Communist Party chief To Lam’s unprecedented institutional streamlining is designed to bolster Vietnam’s competitiveness – but it could come at a cost.

Laos' government hopes new hotels, roads and a train system will put the country on visitors’ lists. Read more at straitstimes.com.

This image shows a section of the Vietnamese portion of the Monsoon-Thanh My 500kV transmission line, which runs from Laos to Vietnam. Photo: Vietnam News Agency The Vietnamese section of the Monsoon-Thanh My 500kV transmission line that links Laos to ...