Sources: CNN
The Financial Action Task Force removes the Philippines from its grey list and adds Laos and Nepal to the list. 2025-02-21
A shop explosion and fire in Oudomxay province, Laos, kills four people and injures others. 2025-02-14
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
During an online emergency meeting, the foreign ministers of the ASEAN agree to exclude Myanmar's military junta chief Min Aung Hlaing from the upcoming ASEAN Summit to be held later this month. The country will instead be represented by non-political representative at the summit. 2021-10-15
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 its first death from COVID-19. The patient is a 53-year-old woman who had been receiving treatment at a designated hospital in Vientiane since April 30. 2021-05-9
The death toll from a dam collapse in Laos that caused heavy floods rises to 26, while more than 130 remain missing. 2018-07-25
According to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, 30 Laotian soldiers cross the border into Steung Treng Province despite repeated requests for them to leave. Hun Sen gives Laos a six-day ultimatum to withdraw the soldiers or face a military response. 2017-08-11
Barack Obama pledges US$90 million to clear Laos of unexploded ordnance dropped by the United States during the Vietnam War. 2016-09-6
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