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

Laos, with a population of fewer than seven million, now has almost five million mobile phones. At Ban Pak-Ou, a northern village on the Mekong River, fishermen stand motionless in their pirogues ...

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 ...

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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 ...