How a China-backed highway may turn landlocked Laos into a trade gateway

The project is part of wider efforts to build overland trade corridors linking southern China with the Mekong region.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Volunteers save lives in Vientiane, Laos, where road toll is among world's worst

Vientiane has been dubbed the most relaxed capital in the world, with its wide boulevards, low-rise buildings, and sleepy, colonial charm. But come nightfall the streets in this laid-back city become ...
The Manila Times on MSNOpinion

The neighbor we barely know: A Filipino lens on the Lao spirit

Vientiane — to walk through the streets of the Laotian capital is to navigate a living museum of resilience. Here, history is ...
CNN

Visiting Vientiane, the world’s youngest Communist capital

Aditta Kittikhoun has learned to anticipate the question. No, not Thailand, but it’s next to Thailand. No, not China, but it’s next to China. No, not Vietnam, but it’s next to Vietnam. Kittikhoun, who ...