VIENTIANE, May 1 (Vientiane Times/ANN): Local residents made an exciting discovery of 14 Buddha artefacts, 22 swords and a gong inside a cave in Nadee village in Viengthong district, Borikhamxay ...

Such finds are not uncommon in Laos and ancient Buddha images ... In 2019, locals discovered 60 Buddha images in Tham Phapheenoy cave near Khamphalaeng village in Mahaxay district, Khammuan ...

From monk-led meditation in Luang Prabang to kayaking in Vang Vieng, here are the best things to do in Laos, combining ...

Pak Ou Caves are located where rivers Ou and Mekong meet at Ban Pak Ou, 25 kilometres north of Luang Prabang. These ancient caves are lined with thousands of Buddha statues, images and icons.

“With a Chinese-style Buddha, Laos will lose its image and its identity,” one resident told the U.S.-funded broadcaster. “The Buddha statue should be Lao because it’s in Laos.” Added a ...

VIENTIANE, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Excavations taking place in Tonpheung district in northern Laos' Bokeo province, where several hundred Buddha statues have been unearthed, will be upgraded to a ...

VIENTIANE, April 9 (Xinhua) -- A total of 51 Buddha images have been unearthed in a rural area of northern Laos' Xieng Khuang province while an unexploded ordnance clearance team was working there ...

a famous cave temple containing nearly 6,000 Buddha statues. Most tourists visiting Laos head to the ancient royal city of ...

Archaeologists have uncovered two new bone fragments in a cave in northern Laos, suggesting that Homo sapiens wandered southeast Asia up to 86,000 years ago. The findings, published this week in ...