Bruno Vincent

  Peruvian legend Rodney Soncco has won his 6th BikingMan race, completing the 690-km Corsica course in 30h56m. Olympian Ben Cureten from Australia crossed the finish line two hours later with a time of 33h, and Frenchman Thomas Dupin rounded out the top three, clocking in at 34h05m. The rest of the field remains on … Read more

  The Luang Prabang Wildlife Sanctuary spent the dry and hot season constructing Bear House 4, which is nearing completion, and will provide much-needed new homes for rescued bears. Bear House 4 In mid-May, they will hold their first major release of rehabilitated wildlife in Laos. View recent images from the Luang Prabang Wildlife Sanctuary … Read more

  Lone Buffalo, who provides free English tuition for young people in Xieng Khouang, is making great strides in the northeastern Lao province. In their May 2019 newsletter, Lone Buffalo spells out their achievements including: ·         Starting a girls development programme ·         Launching a student coffee company ·         Signing an MOU with provincial officials ·         … Read more

  Published by NPR Read the transcript of writer Ashley Westerman, on US radio station, Morning Edition, where she discusses what she learned at the Elephant Conservation Centre about the impact the Lao-China train will have on the country’s declining elephant population. Read the entire transcript.  

  2018 BikingMan Champion Rodney Soncco won this year’s opening round in Oman, dominating a field of more than 60 ultracyclers. He covered the1,050-km circuit in 38h20m,more than two hours ahead of runner up, Jason Black. Both have entered BikingMan Laos on 20-24 May. Jasmijn Muller (Photo courtesy of Total Women’s Cycling) However, the real … Read more

  Oudomxay is marching ahead to place the province on tourists’ radar. Deputy Director of the province’s Information, Culture and Tourism Department, Mr Bounkuan Mitmeuangxay, told Vientiane Times on Monday that the authorities are planning improvements at the Nam Kat Yorla Pa Resort, Vat Pha Chao Sing Kham and Vat Phou That Lattanamingmeuang temples. They … Read more

  Season 31 of ‘Amazing Race’ kicked off on 17 April, and the next stop is Laos, with close to 8 million US viewers expected to be glued to their TVs to see who gets bounced in the Land of a Million Elephants. Amazing Race Contestants Though filmed last year, the Emmy award-winning Amazing Race … Read more

  “The soft release of elephants into the wild is a scientific experiment, and the first in Laos. I can’t wait to see what happens,” said Sebastien “Seb”  Duffillot, co-founder of the Elephant Conservation Centre (ECC) “It took a year to get to this point.” That day happened on 5 March, when the ECC team … Read more

  The UN’s special rapporteur for extreme poverty and human rights, Philip Alston, visited Laos in March and got an earful. “A number of people complained to me that many of the events organised by the UN in Vientiane were very carefully orchestrated…are not designed to give a platform for diverse voices,” he said. “Rather … Read more

  Max Mara Fashion Group, a multi-billion dollar Italian couture fashion house plagiarised traditional designs of the Oma ethnic minority group in their Spring/Summer 2019 collection. The patterns appeared in dresses, skirts and blouses presented in the collection’s “Max Mara Weekend” resort line. The Oma, a small ethnic community living in the hills of Phongsaly … Read more