Laos faces unprecedented financial difficulties, including US$14.5 billion worth of public and publicly guaranteed debt — around half of which is owed to China. But unlike Sri Lanka, there is no ...

Phankham Viphavanh hasn’t had the best of times since becoming prime minister of Laos in March 2021. When he took over, Laos had officially recorded only around 50 cases of COVID-19. By the end of the ...

Event previously known as the Luang Prabang Film Festival. The annual film event in Laos that was for the past 12 years known as the Luang Prabang Film Festival has given up its name in order to go ...

Laos is reportedly expected to earn approximately $190 million in 2022 from bitcoin mining activities in the country. The new revenue source would contribute to the $2.8 billion total domestic revenue ...

When Phankham Viphavanh, the prime minister of Laos, concluded a cabinet meeting last month, there were more questions than answers over what his government was doing to fix the economy. The national ...

VIENTIANE, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Laos recorded a trade surplus of 1.39 billion U.S. dollars in 2022, and the total value of the country's imports and exports was 15 billion dollars. In 2022, the ...

Global economic headwinds, including tighter financial conditions, China’s economic slowdown and regional geopolitical tensions are amplifying Laos’ development challenges as its 2024 ASEAN ...

While sectors of the Lao economy are beginning to recover from the slowdown caused by COVID-19, the country faces stiff challenges associated with long-standing macroeconomic imbalances, according to ...

Laos will host Vietnam at the New Laos National Stadium in Vientiane in Group B of the 2022 AFF Championship on Wednesday (December 21). The Warlord Paprika will make their 13th appearance in the ...

The government reportedly plans on employing the new revenue stream's profits on "priority" programs. Laos is reportedly expected to earn approximately $190 million in 2022 from bitcoin mining ...