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VIENTIANE (Xinhua): The Lao Food Festival 2025 will be held in Lao capital Vientiane to promote Lao food culture and is expected to attract large crowds, both local and international. The festival ...

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Police across Laos handled a total of 7,350 criminal cases in 2024, of which 6,519 cases were resolved, mostly in relation to drug dealing and trafficking. More than half of ...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A ceremony to hand over bicycles donated by the China Foundation for Rural Development (CFRD) to Lao students was held in Lao capital Vientiane on Wednesday.

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The father of 19-year-old Holly Bowles, who died of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos last month, has said he was in "disbelief" when he realised his daughter would not pull through.

The dad of a 19-year-old teenager who died of a suspected methanol poisoning in Laos last month has paid a heartbreaking tribute to his daughter. Holly Bowles, from Australia, had been travelling ...

VIENTIANE, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- A ceremony to hand over bicycles donated by the China Foundation for Rural Development (CFRD) to Lao students was held in Lao capital Vientiane on Wednesday. In his ...