Life moves slower in Laos, but the pace is quickening and the 'land of a million elephants' is increasingly in the clutches ...

VIENTIANE: Northern Laos' Luang Prabang province is gearing up to celebrate the vibrant Lao New Year festival in 2025, with ...

Colourful rectangular wooden boats carrying tourists are chugging along at a leisurely pace across the Mekong River. The ...

The Happy Chinese New Year temple fair，"Echoes of Hubei, Encounter Laos" event is open to the public at the China Cultural Center in Laos from Jan 18 to 19, 2025. [Photo provided to Chinaculture ...

A colourful programme of events is being prepared for the annual celebration of Lao New Year (Pi Mai Lao) in Luang Prabang, with a range of activities planned from April 11-20. The official Pi Mai Lao ...

Villages clustered along the river regularly host backpackers drawn to the country’s exquisite French colonial architecture and stunning palaces and temples, but, the rugged terrain keeps Laos ...

VIENTIANE, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Northern Laos' Luang Prabang province is gearing up to celebrate the vibrant Lao New Year festival in 2025, with an exciting lineup of events set to take place from ...

These temples were all palaces of the gods ... Pakse, the third largest city in Laos, is located at the confluence of the Mekong and Don Rivers. The 1.4km-long Lao-Nippon Bridge, built in 2000 ...

Laos, a place that feels stuck in time, is at the precipice of change. Backpackers found the country decades ago, drawn by staggeringly beautiful limestone mountains, elaborate Buddhist temples ...