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The Embassy of Finland in Hanoi proudly marked a significant milestone yesterday, January 1, as Finland and Laos celebrated ...

The Southeast Asian country has lagged behind Vietnam and Thailand when it comes to tourism. The government hopes new hotels, roads and a train system will put Laos on visitors’ lists.

As a flagship project under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative, the China-Laos Railway is becoming a typical case of driving mutual benefit and win-win cooperation among countries, ...

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Police arrested a couple allegedly caught with half a tonne of methamphetamine from the notorious Golden Triangle in Thailand. The couple had reportedly been smuggling drugs from a warehouse on the ...

In remarks to open Vietnam's second international arms fair, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said the expo was "a message of peace, cooperation and development". The arms fair, which will run until ...

Holly Bowles' father Shaun has spoken in depth about the pain of losing his daughter after she died following a suspected methanol poisoning in Laos. Credit: 7NEWS He said the mothers of the two ...

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The father of 19-year-old Holly Bowles, who died of suspected methanol poisoning in Laos last month, has said he was in "disbelief" when he realised his daughter would not pull through.

Holly Bowles, 19, from Australia, had been on holiday with her best friend Bianca Jones, 19, in Laos, South East Asia but died in hospital on Friday, November 22. Her friend Bianca died just a day ...