The meeting created new and crucial conditions for the two countries to implement their development, defence – security, and foreign policies which will be specified at the coming national congresses ...

Premier Li Qiang stressed on Wednesday the need to uphold a people-centered approach in the process of urbanization and to fully unleash the enormous potential of integrated urban-rural development, ...

On the morning of December 3 in Vientiane, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone co-chaired the 48th meeting of the Vietnam–Laos Intergovernmental Committee on ...

ABU DHABI, 2nd December, 2025 (WAM) -- President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan has sent a congratulatory message to President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic Thongloun ...

In his speech, Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone (pic) called on the participants to strengthen cooperation, build an independent and self-reliant economy, and advance human resource development, ...

Princess Aiko, on an official visit to Laos, paid a courtesy call on Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith at the presidential office in Vientiane on Tuesday. The visit is part of the official events to ...

End-of-Mission press releases include statements of IMF staff teams that convey preliminary findings after a visit to a country. The views expressed in this statement are those of the IMF staff and do ...

VIENTIANE: Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone praised the creative thinking, diligence and unwavering spirit of Lao entrepreneurs at the 35th anniversary awards ceremony of the Lao National Chamber of ...

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Laos’s 2025 constitutional amendment and government restructuring mark another step in the country’s institutional reform ahead of the 2026 leadership transition. With the merger of key ministries, ...

When it comes to nuclear weapons strategy, stability is the goal. But President Donald Trump’s back-to-back announcements about nuclear testing and nuclear submarines on Oct. 29 during his trip to ...

In Morris Lum’s photographic archive of Chinatowns, change is the only constant. Wall murals are painted then covered up. Restaurant menus adapt to diners’ evolving palates. Colorful shopfronts fade ...