VIENTIANE, Feb. 5 (Xinhua): A newly-built international airport in Tonpheung district in northern Laos' Bokeo province officially opened on Monday, with an expected capacity to handle about 2 million ...

VIENTIANE: More than 32,000 people entered Bokeo province in the first two months of this year, using the 4th Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge across the Mekong River and the Golden Triangle Special Zone ...

Lao authorities on May 16 announced that a Buddha statue with a height of at least two meters has been excavated from a sandy area near the Mekong River in the northern Lao province of Bokeo. The ...

Laos is hoping that a new bridge will double the number of visitors from Thailand who cross the Mekong River to visit the neighbouring country. Somephone Keomany, director of the Information, Culture ...

VIENTIANE, Laos (Vientiane Times/ANN) — A largely intact Buddha statue has been unearthed during the third phase of an archaeological excavation along the Mekong river at Donpheungkham village of ...

The education department in Laos’s northernmost province released alarming data. The problem is not new; last summer, Laotian Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone announced several measures to counter ...

The UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has updated its travel guidance for Laos, warning British travellers of ongoing security and weather-related risks. In Bokeo Province, ...

BOKEO PROVINCE, Laos -- Visit the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in Laos' northwestern Bokeo province, ask about a local "tiger zoo," and most people will deny its existence. "It's not here.

Lao Government law enforcement officers have shut down illegal wildlife trade in four shops at Don Sao Market in the notorious Golden Triangle, confiscating almost 400 items during surprise raids on ...