CNN

New semi-high-speed train makes Laos more accessible than ever

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Business Insider

An empty station, a burning countryside, soot raining from the sky: This is what it's like to ride Laos' gleaming new $6 billion railway in April

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CNN

Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers

Laos, an opaque communist state that tightly controls its media, did not issue a public statement on the scandal until more than a week after the first death, and it remains unclear how widespread the ...
France 24

Please don't rush: slow changes in Laos 50 years after communist victory

Vientiane (AFP) – The usually sleepy Laotian capital Vientiane has an uncharacteristic buzz, bedecked with flags and T-shirt vendors ahead of commemorations of 50 years of communist rule Tuesday, but ...
WGAL

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Meet Lao entrepreneur who's proud to live in Lancaster

8000 MILES AWAY. I WAS BORN IN LAOS. I MOVED TO THE US IN 1987 TO VISIT MY GRANDMOTHER. MY FAMILY WERE REFUGEES FROM LAOS AFTER THE VIETNAM WAR. ALL HONG KONG’S MOVE WASN’T SUPPOSED TO BE PERMANENT, ...