Laos

A general view of the Bangkok Hospital, where an Australian teenager was taken after drinking alcohol contaminated with methanol in Laos and passed away, in Bangkok, Thailand, November 22, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/File Photo
Asia

Laos vows justice after tainted alcohol kills tourists

Two Danes, two Australians, a Briton and an American have died after visiting Vang Vieng, an idyllic town that is popular with foreign backpackers, and drinking contaminated alcohol

A sign of Sinopharm is seen at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), following the COVID-19 outbreak, in Beijing, China September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
Coronavirus chronicle

Laos receives 300,000 vaccine doses from China - reports

Tourist walk with a guide outside the Royal Palace which has being closed for visitors as precaution against the coronavirus outbreak in Phnom Penh, Cambodia March 19, 2020. Photo: Reuters 
Panorama

How the pandemic forgot Buddhist South-East Asia

Seven cultural sites inscribed on Unesco’s World Heritage List
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Seven cultural sites inscribed on Unesco’s World Heritage List