The Latest Breaking News from Lao

NAKHON PHANOM: Khammouane Provincial Hospital in Laos has told singer-actor Pakin "Tono" Kumwilaisak it needs 25 pieces of medical equipment.

VIENTIANE: As tourists return to Laos in large numbers, over 85% of those heading to northern Laos' Luang Prabang province are using the China-Laos Railway.

KUNMING: The total quantity of freight transported by the China-Laos Railway had exceeded 10 million tonnes as of Monday, according to local railway authorities on Tuesday.

The Ministry of Digital Economy and Society (DES) on Monday entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) agreement with the Ministry of Technology and Communications of Laos to collaborate in the postal, digital infrastructure development, ICT and e-commerce fields for eight years.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his Lao counterpart Phankham Viphavanh agree there should be more bridges linking their countries across the Mekong River, the government spokesman said.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha will visit Laos for a foundation-laying ceremony for the fifth Friendship Bridge with the kingdom on Friday.

Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-Cha will visit Laos for the foundation-laying ceremony of the fifth Friendship Bridge over the Mekong River on Friday.

Police in Nakhon Phanom have found more clues to suggest that an unidentified Lao woman whose body was found stuffed inside a suitcase in the Mekong River on Sept 28 was killed in Laos.

Thailand has been discussing with Lao officials the plans regarding a high-speed rail connection to promote a more seamless connection from Thailand to China via the intermediary country.

NAKHON PHANOM: An unidentified murder victim found in a suitcase in the Mekong River might be a Lao businesswoman missing from Vientiane since last week, relatives told police after seeing photos of her clothes.

Police in Laos have made their third-biggest single seizure of illegal drugs by netting 33 million methamphetamine pills, a United Nations official said on Saturday.