Laos News » Xieng Khouang News Laos » Xieng Khouang » Places: Russia to Build Airport in Laos, Train Armed Forces in Sign of Strengthening Military Ties
Russian troops have been clearing an area of around 500 hectares of unexploded ordnance, or UXO, in Laos’ Xieng Khouang province with plans to build a new airport and military facility as part of an ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » Places: Laos jars are slowly revealing their secrets
In the rugged province of Xieng Khoaung in upper northern Laos are scattered more than 2,000 large carved stone jars. They vary in size, with the biggest standing at just over 2.5 meters tall and ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » Places: Plain of Jars, Laos’ stone vessels of the Xieng Khouang plateau
On the Xieng Khouang plateau near Phonsavan, the Plain of Jars scatters ancient stone vessels across the landscape, turning a Lao highland into an open-air mystery. Moderner Architektur-Render zeigt ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » Places: Tourism development near Laos’ Plain of Jars to be studied
A private company will study ways to develop northern Laos’ Plain of Jars archaeological site for tourism, according to an agreement signed with Xieng Khouang provincial officials. The Plain of Jars ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » Places: In Laos, a giant stone jar finally yields its secret, with bones of 37 people inside
For decades, archaeologists have tried to explain the thousands of huge stone vessels spread across Laos' Plain of Jars in the highlands. A major clue has now come from one of the largest examples: ...
News Laos » Xieng Khouang » Places: Russia to build airport, train forces in sign of growing military ties With Laos
Russian troops have been clearing an area of around 500 hectares (1,240 acres) of unexploded ordnance (UXO) in Laos’s Xieng Khouang province with plans to build a new airport and military facility as ...