A new study on the highly prized Asian rosewood - found mainly in the country, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia - states it is now exposed to several threats to its survival, with 5 main risks like overexploitation, fires and habitat conversion for agriculture

The Bokeo Province State Water Supply Company has stirred controversy with a new regulation requiring households to pay LAK 10.000 (about $0,47) for each water bill receipt

A labor festival was organized In Vientiane to try to meet the urgent need to fill 560 positions in 56 companies at a time of employment crisis

The country faced a difficult year in 2023, battling 76 extreme weather events and wildfire;; these disasters, with storms, floods, landslides, and fires, have provoked estimated da magra for around $53,5 million