Most people who want to get from Vientiane to Vang Vieng take the bus. The small, secluded town is a two-hour ride from ...

An ambassador’s love for the Lao people. During his tenure in Laos, the Ambassador of India to the Lao PDR, Mr Prashant ...

The small, secluded town is a two-hour ride from Laos’s capital and surrounded by picturesque green mountains and the slow-flowing Nam Song river. The views are breathtaking and, years ago ...

Tourism is a vital industry for Laos, which is one of the poorest countries in south-east Asia. Most Laotians still live in the countryside, and it ranks 142 out of 184 countries for economic freedom.

Those detained include management and staff at Nana Backpackers Hostel, where two Australian teenagers stayed before dying ...