VIENTIANE: Lao Deputy Prime Minister Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune (pic) has called on relevant authorities to prioritise the fifth ...

VIENTIANE, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- Lao Deputy Prime Minister Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune has called on relevant authorities to prioritize the fifth population and housing census, recognizing it as a ...

became painfully aware that the non-Lao tribesmen who make up nearly half of Laos’ population had no loyalty to their six-year-old nation. To transform Laos into a reasonable facsimile of a ...

While Laos has still one of the highest per capita annual rice consumption levels in the world, there is evidence that it had reached the peak in mid-2000s and is now on a declining trend. A ...

Lao PDR is a fast-growing economy – 7% in GDP on average over the last two decades – with the highest growth rate in Southeast Asia. Its population is projected to increase by 38% from 6.4 million in ...