Bethany (left) met her friend Simone in Laos to explore the country in south-east Asia The best friend of a woman who died from methanol poisoning on holiday has called on the government to do ...

VANG VIENG, Laos--A second Australian teenager who fell critically ill after drinking tainted alcohol in Laos has died in a hospital in Bangkok, her family said Friday, bringing the death toll in ...

The government of Laos has for the first time shut down a farm where live bears were harvested for their bile, after convincing the farm’s owner to voluntarily hand over three bears. The rescued ...

VIENTIANE, April 22 (Xinhua) -- Lao police in Tonpheung district in northern Laos' Bokeo province seized more than 20 million amphetamine pills stashed in a 10-wheeler truck that was traveling ...

A fisherman in a longboat casts his net, while the heat of the day slowly descends on Laos from the pale blue sky. The cosy vessels are dubbed “slow boats” and the contrast to the speedboats ...