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Life moves slower in Laos, but the pace is quickening and the 'land of a million elephants' is increasingly in the clutches of nearby China Colourful rectangular wooden boats carrying tourists chug ...

A railway from China, an unlikely film festival and a new generation of entrepreneurs are shaking things up in Luang Prabang, northern Laos . As the small plane banks, then dives ...

Luang Prabang is an outstanding example of the fusion of traditional architecture and Lao urban structures with those built by the European colonial authorities in the 19th and 20th centuries. Its ...

Young military officers of Vietnam and Laos engaged in an exchange on March 28 in the northern Lao province of Luang Prabang, ...

VIENTIANE, March 20 (Xinhua) -- Northern Laos' Luang Prabang province is gearing up to celebrate the vibrant Lao New Year festival in 2025, with an exciting lineup of events set to take place from ...

Being one of the activities under the Luang Prabang-Chinon-UNESCO World Heritage Centre project financed by the Government of France, the European Union, the City of Chinon and the Electricité de ...

VIENTIANE: The world heritage town of Luang Prabang has won a 2025 Green Destinations Top 100 Story Award, coming third in the “Destination Management” category, in recognition of successful ...

A total of 110,302 people visited Luang Prabang province during the Lao New Year festival in 2024, marking a 364.44 per cent increase compared with the same period in 2023.