I traveled to Laos to experience its new China-made railway. The one-hour trip revealed a countryside that's burned from farming. The air was so toxic that soot and ash were falling from the sky. Laos ...

Transport costs are not the only problem facing the country, but reducing them could help spur progress in other areas. When Phankham Viphavanh, the prime minister of Laos, concluded a cabinet meeting ...

(Vientiane Times) The government has developed a strategy to restore forest cover to 70 percent of the country's terrain by 2020, meaning trees will need to be planted on about 8.2 million hectares of ...

An alarming debt crisis has unfolded in Laos in recent years, raising worries about the tiny nation's obligation to its biggest creditor — China. China became the largest foreign investor in Laos in ...