Laos News News Laos » People: Laos kicks off its Digital Week in its drive to push digital transformation and innovation in the country
Laos has launched Lao Digital Week 2026, highlighting the country's efforts to accelerate digital transformation and lay a strong foundation for the sustainable development of its digital economy and ...
News Laos » People: Laos names veteran diplomat with international outlook to be new prime minister
Laos has a new prime minister after the National Assembly elected veteran diplomat Saleumxay Kommasith ...
News Laos » People: Can Laos’ Communist Party Recover From the Current Economic Crisis?
For the past three decades, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) government appeared to prove the claim that Asia’s communist parties survive – and can even thrive – through “economic ...
News Laos » People: Laos’s year of consolidation and strategic balancing
After the 12th National Congress of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party in January 2026, Laos began its five-year leadership transition. This period will signal the state’s future trajectory, ...
News Laos » People: Laos and the UN endorse a cooperation framework to advance sustainable development
The Lao government and the United Nations have officially endorsed the Laos-UN Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework 2027-2031.
News Laos » People: Standing member of CPV Secretariat receives Lao youth delegation
The Laos-Việt Nam special relationship has been nurtured and strengthened by generations of leaders and people from both countries, with young people playing an important role.
News Laos » People: Just 100 people enter Laos on first day of China border reopening
Laos and China have officially reopened their borders, closed for almost three years due to the Coronavirus pandemic and Beijing’s Zero-COVID policy, but – so far – two-way traffic has been a trickle ...
News Laos » People: Lao is a living language, rich in history
The seven million people who live in Laos come from at least 49 ethnic groups and speak scores of languages and dialects. But whether it is their mother tongue or one they have learned later in life, ...