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A Buddha statue with a height of at least 2 meters has been excavated from a sandy area near the Mekong River in the northern Lao province of Bokeo.

VIENTIANE (XINHUA) – Many hectares of forests in Laos have been damaged in raging wildfires triggered by hot and dry weather, with most wildfires being the result of slash-and-burn cultivation. According to a Lao Economic Daily report yesterday, a forest fire was reported in northern Laos’ Luang Prabang province on April 28. Villagers were clearing […]

​Lao New Year was joyfully celebrated across the country last week with even more fanfare than usual because of this being Visit Laos Year, with Luang Prabang​ and Vientiane in particular staging a raft of colourful activities.

A total of 51 Buddha figurines have been recently discovered in the Lao northern province of Xieng Khuang, reported the Vientiane Times.

Traffickers transported them from Mumbai to work in the Golden Triangle.

The onset of the annual burning season in South-East Asia has prompted significant alarm over its detrimental effects on air quality and public health.

The practice is illegal, and experts warn it threatens fish populations in the region.

Police in Tonpheung district, Laos northern province of Bokeo have recently apprehended two suspects and seized 166 bags of crystal methamphetamine weighing 166kg, reported Lao media on March 26.

Several Buddha sta­tues of unknown age and origin were retrieved from the Mekong River’s shore in Tonpheung district in northern Laos’ Bokeo province.

An office site in the special economic zone has already been selected, a government official said.