Luang Prabang in northern Laos used tourism to become virtually free of poverty. But Laos is still one of the poorest ...

For generations, the women of rural Laos have told the stories of their lives through weaving, threading symbols like flowers, rainstorms and mythical serpents into everyday clothes and fabrics.

Laos to this day remains the most heavily bombed country in the history of the world — more than Japan, Germany and Britain during World War II. By the time the three former Indochinese states ...

Central authorities in Laos, a Communist regime since 1975 ... Since there was no village at Site 1303, no cemetery there and no history of human occupation, it was reasonable to suppose that ...

She's also become the godmother of what's known as the Lao food movement that encourages chefs to embrace their heritage and history. I think it's so important to learn the culture, to teach people.

An official in charge of the celebration, Phomma Songvilay, said the stone house is a unique structure whose preservation gives current and future generations an insight into the history of Laos ...