Life moves slower in Laos, but the pace is quickening and the 'land of a million elephants' is increasingly in the clutches of nearby China Colourful rectangular wooden boats carrying tourists chug ...

While most tourists visiting Laos head to the ancient royal city of Luang Prabang, the capital Vientiane with its temples, ...

More than $1 trillion in Chinese loans to the developing world is building sparkling infrastructure, but the cost is still being tallied People at the artificial That Luang Lake in the That Luang ...

Newly ordained Bishop Anthony Adoun Hongsaphong of Vientiane has pledged to strengthen local Catholics and address the ongoing shortage of clergy in communist-ruled Laos.

Father Anthony Adoun Hongsaphong was ordained Apostolic Vicar of Vientiane on March 25 at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in ...

Luang Prabang province, some 220km north of the Lao capital Vientiane, is one of the most well-known provinces in Laos and also a top tourist destination because of its old temples, scenic ...

open image in gallery Tourists, mostly from neighboring China, Vietnam and Thailand at the Buddha Park in Vientiane, Laos (Alisha Rahaman Sarkar/The Independent) Yang claims to have never been to ...