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We rode through the dark, through winding mountain roads to reach scenic nooks I otherwise would never have seen. From then, I had the confidence to make friends and travel more

UK footwear brand says it will continue to source bulk of its shoes from Laos and Vietnam ‘through tough times’

Southeast Asia’s multibillion-dollar cyber-scam centres lure victims from as far away as Africa.

UN Office on Drugs and Crime says ‘explosive growth’ in synthetic drug trade led to record regional seizures in 2024.

Hmong farmers who feed California’s hungry now face the end of federal support under President Trump.

The men who were placed on a deportation flight headed for the chaotic nation of South Sudan were originally from countries as far away as Vietnam

“We know that there’s no murder or manslaughter charges, which we feel there should be.”

Human rights organisations have expressed alarm at possible US plans to send a group of migrants from Vietnam, Laos and the Philippines to Libya on a military flight. They have pointed to the appalling conditions migrants face there, which the US State Department described as “harsh and life-threatening” in its…

Fifty years after the end of the Vietnam war, the long-term consequences of that conflict continue to affect many Vietnamese people’s daily lives. There are still thousands of unexploded mines and bombs strewn across the region in forests, rice fields and around villages.

Following the death of her friend, Bethany Clarke says the dangers of methanol poisoning should be on the school curriculum

Despite the challenges faced by local democratic activists, Thailand has often been an oasis of relative liberalism compared with neighbouring countries such as Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia.