Sources: Reuters
Laos reports its first case of mpox. The national health ministry recommends that provincial health departments set up laboratory facilities for screening tests. 2023-09-19
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
Laotian human rights activist Anousa Luangsuphom is shot at a coffeehouse in the capital Vientiane. 2023-04-29
A heatwave in Asia leads to deaths and school closures in India, and record-breaking temperatures in other countries. Luang Prabang, Laos, recorded a temperature of 42.7 C, while Tak, Thailand, recorded a temperature of 44.6 C. 2023-04-19
Laos surpasses 20,000 cases of COVID-19 after reporting a record 694 new cases in the past 24 hours. 2021-09-23
Laos reports a record 131 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 3,425. 2021-07-18
Cambodia and Laos cause discord at the Association of Southeast Asian Nations meeting after they block a joint statement by the group regarding the South China Sea. 2016-07-23
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
Laos denies knowledge as to the fate of missing activist Sombath Somphone, who disappeared last week in the capital Vientiane. 2012-12-20
Two large earthquakes are recorded in northeastern Burma near the borders with Laos and Thailand, killing at least two people. 2011-03-24