Value of Laos-Vietnam trade soars to almost US$3bil; Lao govt hoping for more business with neighbours in 2026

The value of trade between Laos and Vietnam reached almost US$3 billion in 2025, directed and supported by the two countries' ...
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Vietnam gifts Laos $3M hospital project in Vientiane

Cuong announced that the Party, State, and people of Vietnam had decided to gift a district-level hospital project in Vientiane worth US$3 million to Laos. He proposed that both sides work closely ...
World Politics Review

Laos Is Turning to Its Neighbors to Loosen China’s Economic Grip

Laotian Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone delivers a speech during the closing ceremony of the ASEAN Summit, in Vientiane, Laos, Oct. 11, 2024 (AP photo Dita Alangkara). Click to share on Twitter ...
The New York Times

‘A Good Chance People Are Going to Die’ After U.S. Halts Funding for Mine Clearing

Large swaths of land in Southeast Asia are littered with unexploded bombs dropped by American forces during the Vietnam War. By Sui-Lee Wee and Anton L. Delgado The Vietnam War ended half a century ...
NPR

Seeking Closure 50 Years After the End of the Vietnam War

Fifty years ago this week Communist forces seized the city of Saigon bringing an end to the Vietnam war. It was a war that defined a generation with effects that reverberate today. We go to Laos were ...