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  Reported by RFA’s Lao Service.   Moves in Laos to promote Chinese tourism in the coming year will benefit mainly Chinese businesses already established in the impoverished Southeast Asian country, with ordinary Lao citizens less likely to cash in, Lao sources say. According to Radio Free Asia Laos, Laos and China are now preparing … Read more

  By Ekaphone Phouthonesy Pakxong District on the Bolaven Plateau in Champassak Province plans to build the largest Buddha image in ASEAN as a key icon to attract local and international tourists, according to the district governor. During an interview with visiting journalists from Vientiane last week, Vichit Keobouapha said the Lao government had given … Read more

  Participants in the South 2 North marathon covering 1,569 km arrived in the Vientiane on Sunday afternoon for a good cause – improving health care at both ends of the country. Locals on foot, bicycle and other forms of transportation joined the long-distance runners on their journey past city landmarks like That Luang stupa, … Read more

  Luang Prabang View Hotel has completed renovations of its standard rooms to include new bathrooms, more electrical outlets, painting inside and out, and amenities found in other rooms.     “Bathtubs have been removed to make way for rain showers with glass panels, which gives the bathroom a new look and feel,” said hotel … Read more

  The Traditional Arts & Ethnology Centre (TAEC) in Luang Prabang has opened the “Voices of the Wind: Traditional Instruments in Laos” exhibition, after more than two years of extensive research and documentation in remote regions of northern Laos.   Belgian ethnomusicologist and curator, Dr Marie-Pierre Lissoir, and the TAEC research team led the project … Read more

  The Lao Handicrafts Association (LHA) is holding the Lao Handicrafts Festival from 27 October -3 November at Lao-ITECC, with more than 200 exhibitors expected to display their wares. Artisans from around the country will be selling a wide range of handmade products including textiles, jewellery, non-timber forest products, recycled and wood products, pottery and … Read more

  By Khonesavanh Latsaphao Minister of Informational, Culture and Tourism Dr Bosengkham Vongdara spent two days discussing final preparations for a UNESCO inspection of the Plain of Jars to be held later this month by International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) experts. This is the final step for UNESCO in evaluating the site as … Read more

  by Ekaphone Phouthonesy Outspan, one of the major world coffee producers and suppliers, is planning to expand its coffee plantations in the southern Laos Champasak Province as the demand for coffee consumption in the world shoots up, according to a company official. “We have already invested US$30 million in Laos and are now preparing … Read more

  When it comes to Lao caves, Vang Vieng is king, with more than 15 distinct caves, and Vientiane Province is adding Tham Nang Oua to the list. While the new site, about 10 km from town, is only 90% complete, tourists are already trickling in, Vang Vieng tourism official, Khotami Syborliban told Vientiane Times. … Read more

  Luang Prabang is staging a range of activities to celebrate Boun Ork Phansa (End of Buddhist Lent) and the Light Boats Festival from 23-26 October.