But Laos is still one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia.Luang Prabang, in the north of Laos, ... which is 98.3% of the city's total population. In March this year, ...

Population figures in Laos are almost anybody's guess (estimates run from 1,400,000 to 2,500,000),... There are few more backward nations in the world than the 91,400-sq-mi. kingdom of Laos.

VIENTIANE: Laos continues its efforts to combat poverty by improving rural living conditions and lifting communities out of ...

The U.S. dropped over 2 million tons of ordnance on Laos, including cluster bombs, in the 1960s and '70s. To this day, many people are killed, crippled and disfigured by them, writes Lewis M. Simons.

They killed about 200,000 people in Laos, which was around 10% of the country's population. Another 400,000 people were wounded and 750,000 people were forced to flee due to the devastation.

Laos got a degree of a bailout in 2020 from China, ... Laos’ population is now better educated and includes millions of social media users.

VIENTIANE: Laos reaffirmed its commitment to promoting reproductive health and sustainable development at the 58th session of the Commission on Population and Development at New York in the United ...

Behind this odd situation lay a coldeyed appraisal of power realities in Laos. In the crisis-ridden months that followed last summer’s invasion of Laos by Red guerrillas from Communist North ...