The Southeast Asian country has lagged behind Vietnam and Thailand when it comes to tourism. The government hopes new hotels, roads and a train system will put Laos on visitors’ lists.

Xi Jinping’s headwinds for 2025, Ukraine and Taiwan’s linked future, China’s business expansion in Central Asia, EU’s ...

China sent a team of four technical specialists to Vanuatu to help with earthquake recovery efforts this week, in a Pacific islands first for Beijing as it steps up engagement with nations in the ...

Deja vu is a French phrase for the eerie phenomenon of feeling that you’ve experienced something that you know you haven’t.

The tourism sector emerged as a bright spot in Vietnam’s socio-economic landscape in 2024, surpassing key targets for visitor ...

Central Asian leaders want tangible, long-term cooperation that contributes to their economic development, strengthens their ...

In Japan, pundits have lamented the perceived deficiencies of Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba compared with the late Shinzo Abe ...

founder and chairman of the Forum for a New South Asia. Ties between the two countries were complicated after a border standoff in July 2020. India halted major investments by Chinese firms, including ...

China and Iran's top diplomats have agreed that the Middle East should not be an arena for geopolitical competition among ...

Polygamy, still practiced in some parts of Papua New Guinea, symbolized wealth and status in the country’s so-called “big man ...

Scientists have published the first record of the great Himalayan leaf-nosed bat in Bangladesh, dropping another pin on this ...