Once notorious as a debauched riverside party town, Vang Vieng had cleaned up its act in recent years, but is now in the ...

Pha That Luang means "Great Sacred Stupa," a gold-covered fortress with two temples on the sides that are believed to store Buddha's breastbone. The temple is the most sacred religious monument and a ...

The Lao capital Vientiane is expecting an influx of tourists and a consumption boom during the annual That Luang festival ...

VIENTIANE: The annual That Luang Festival serves not only to enable devotees to worship the grand stupa and preserve long-held traditions, but also showcases Lao-made goods. The event provides a ...

VIENTIANE: The Lao capital Vientiane is expecting an influx of tourists and a consumption boom during the annual That Luang festival from Monday to Friday (Nov 11-15). The festival features some ...

The event also boasts the world premiere of Feisal Azizuddin’s “Angkat” (Malaysia) — a project developed in part at the Luang Prabang Talent Lab in 2019 — and the Lao premiere of Joshua ...

The deaths of six foreign tourists linked to a suspected mass methanol poisoning has thrown a spotlight on a small town in Southeast Asia that has worked hard in recent years to shed its reputation ...

The father of an Australian teenager who died from methanol poisoning while on a backpacking holiday has issued a plea to the Laos government ... listed city of Luang Prabang.

The two teenage girls have been named in Australia as Holly Bowles and Bianca Jones, both 19 and from Melbourne. They were on ...

Vang Vieng, a popular backpacker destination in northern Laos, is at the center of an unfolding ... and UNESCO World Heritage-listed city of Luang Prabang. “Discovered” by Western shoestring ...