Bruno Vincent

  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

  By TTR Weekly Khiri Travel has introduced five new ‘Signature Experiences’ for travellers who want to go local in Laos. The full or half-day trips in Vientiane, Vang Vieng, Luang Prabang and southern Laos allow guests to interact with villagers in local food markets, family kitchens, paddy fields, cave temples, coffee plantations and on … Read more

   L’Atelier at the Pullman Luang Prabang is offering a Saturday BBQ Dinner Buffet and a Sunday Brunch Buffet every week for $30 per person.

  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

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  Free the Bears saved a record breaking 11th bear in Laos for the year (10 Lao rescues in 2017) in a tricky rooftop rescue. The team had to coax a young male moon bear down from a roof after the owner threw a tantrum and released him from his cage. They managed to retrieve … Read more

  Lao Educational Opportunities Trust (LEOT) and friends of Music for Everyone School (MES) are teaming up for a fundraiser at Heuan Chan Heritage Centre in Luang Prabang on 4 November, with Eric Walter and his Native American wood flute taking centre stage at 19:00. LEOT is a local NGO school providing English Language and … 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