VIENTIANE: The Lao government on Friday (Feb 28) launched the implementation process for the fifth Population and Housing ...

Laos -- once proudly known as "Lane Xang" or "Land of a Million Elephants" -- has between 500 and 1,000 of the animals left, just one-third of the population two decades ago, according to ...

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 ...