The US dropped more than 270 million bombs on Laos during the Vietnam War. An estimated 30% of the bombs remain unexploded and are scattered across the country. Some villagers use those bombs as scrap ...

Three years after Lao villagers were resettled for the construction of the China-Laos Railway, they are finding their improved living conditions satisfactory. "We are very happy and satisfied with the ...

Chico >> Children don’t have pencils or paper in their classrooms. Farm animals roam freely with residents of the villages, where there are no flush-toilets and electricity was introduced just three ...

BANGKOK -- Flooding from a South Korean-constructed hydroelectric dam in Laos left several people dead and hundreds missing, state media said Tuesday. Rescue efforts were underway as top government ...

Decades after the Vietnam War ended, there are around 80 million unexploded bombs left in Laos. Despite the danger they pose, some villagers use the bombs to build their homes. A woman poses at the ...

Three children pose for a photo at the China-Laos Railway relocation village of Buam Aor of Luang Prabang Province in Laos on Tuesday. JIANG JIAXUAN / CHINA DAILY Three years after Lao villagers were ...