“Vietnam and Laos celebrated today the successful completion of the 2,067 kilometers borderline between both countries as a symbol of traditional friendship and special solidarity. Vietnamese Prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Laotian Thongsin Thammavong met at the 460th border marker, from near 800 ones, that were planted during…

  “Pen-ek Ratanaruang, one of Thailand’s most celebrated working directors, has often represented his country abroad at international festivals — including Cannes, Berlin and Venice – and through films sent to Hollywood as Thailand’s official entry to the Oscars (6ixtynin9, 1999; Transistor Love Story, 2001; Headshot, 2011).” “But with his latest…

Laos is gripped by a deadly surge in dengue fever cases, with at least 50 people dead so far this year in an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease expected to be one of the country’s worst. Some 14,000 dengue cases have been reported so far, at least a 10-fold…

When Nguyen Ngoc Tuyen’s flight from Tan Son Nhat International Airport in Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang was delayed, he decided to get something to eat. “I had chicken and rice. They served just a small bowl of rice and small piece of chicken and charged VND82,000…

VIENTIANE – Laos is the only land-locked country in Southeast Asia. The country’s economy is very much dependent on the performance of the US and European economies and, on Thailand’s by reason of, among others, proximity. Much of what Laotians use in their daily lives are imported from Thailand,…

Cambodia has joined hands with Australia in an effort to use the Internet to help preserve its fabled Angkor Wat temple complex, the Australian Embassy announced Thursday. As part of a master plan to limit damage to the complex, a recently opened website, Angkor Sunset Finder, will give tourists recommendations for…

The recent success in border demarcation and restoration has enhanced peace and orderliness along the Laos-Vietnam border, according to Lao Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bounkeut Sangsomsak. The deputy minister spoke to Lao and Vietnamese media at a press conference yesterday in Vientiane to confirm the completion of the…

BUON MA THUOT: Thi Sieu says her family lived for generations on a small plot of land studded with cashew trees until they fell victim to an alleged land grab by powerful local elites, a fate shared with many indigenous farmers in Vietnam’s lush central hills. All land in…

The Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Innovation Agency (NIA) are to set standard recipes for the Southern favourites Kaeng Lueng and Ayam Golek, in a bid to help restaurants across the globe to serve authentic Thai food. The two recipes have been added to a scheme…