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Vietnam records its highest ever temperature of 44.2 °C (111.56 °F) in the Tương Dương district, Nghệ An province, while Laos records its highest ever temperature of 43.5 °C (110.3 °F) in Luang Prabang amid a heat wave.
2023-05-6

The government of Laos discusses the purchase of oil from sanctions-hit Russia as the country faces oil shortages and is nearing a debt default.
2022-07-7

Laos reports a record 1,504 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 67,322.
2021-11-25

Laos surpasses 20,000 cases of COVID-19 after reporting a record 694 new cases in the past 24 hours.
2021-09-23

Laotian capital Vientiane enters in a strict lockdown for two weeks as the city reported a record number of COVID-19 cases. Travel between the hard-hit provinces is also banned and anyone wishing to enter the city must be quarantined for 14 days.
2021-09-19

Laos extends its nationwide lockdown for another 15 days until June 4 as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase.
2021-05-20

The Lao People's Revolutionary Party elects Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith as its new General Secretary, replacing retiring chief Bounnhang Vorachit. Sisoulith was elected for a five-year term as leader of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, the top post in the country, and part of the country's Politburo.
2021-01-15

The six Ramon Magsaysay Awardees for 2016 are: Indian Dalit activist Bezwada Wilson, Ombudsman of the Philippines Conchita Carpio-Morales, Indian Carnatic musician T.M. Krishna, Indonesian charity organization Dompet Dhuafa, Lao humanitarian group Vientiane Rescue, and the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers.
2016-07-27

One Chinese national is killed and three others injured in a possible militant attack on a Chinese-invested company in Laos, the official Xinhua News Agency reports.
2016-03-2

Insurgency in Laos: A human rights group accuses Laos and Vietnam of killing four Hmong Christians.
2011-04-16