Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BANGKOK, May 11 (Reuters) - Laos has submitted plans to build a new hydropower dam on the Mekong River, with construction expected ...

CHIANG KHONG, Thailand (AP) — Dismissing its neighbors' pleas, impoverished Laos is rapidly building a Mekong River dam that threatens fisheries crucial to millions of Southeast Asia's poorest people.

Located along the Mekong River near Luang Prabang, Laos, the Pak Ou Caves are home to thousands of Buddha statues placed here ...

LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) — Landlocked Laos doesn’t have the famous beaches of its neighbors to attract tourists, but instead relies on the pristine beauty of its mountains and rivers and historical ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Mekong’s earthy waters turn silver and gold around sunset, capturing a mystical essence in Laos. Photograph by Sutipond Somnam ...

Not long after Vientiane, the capital of Laos, fell in December 1975, Singkham Souphommanichanh fled from his village and ...

Since the opening of the first Friendship Bridge in 1994, four additional bridges have been constructed across the Mekong ...

The 1,170-mile (1,880 km) stretch of the Mekong River that snakes through Laos has long been a quiet backwater used for small-scale domestic trade, localized fishing and folklore. In recent years, ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Laos is pushing ahead with a hydropower project on the Mekong River, despite reservations aired by neighbouring countries over its potential to harm fisheries and farming ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LUANG PRABANG, Laos (AP) — Landlocked Laos ...