Western backpackers are turning their backs on the previously highly popular Vangvieng in Laos after authorities closed "bars and swings" along the Xong River in a crackdown on sales of drugs and ...

VIENTIANE, March 6 (Xinhua) -- Lao authorities plan to focus on promoting key annual events and enhancing infrastructure in Vangvieng, a tourist town in Vientiane province, with the goal of attracting ...

Situated on the banks of the Mekong river, Vientiane the capital of Laos is often overlooked by visitors in favor of more popular destinations such as Luang Prabang for outdoor activities, Luang ...

Carol Cassidy started her shop in 1990; sees "beautiful side of globalization." VIENTIANE, Laos, July 22, 2008 — -- In the northern Lao village of Pakor, where 100 people live along a few hundred ...