A vendor sells food during Lao Food Festival 2020 in Vientiane, Laos, on Jan. 31, 2020. The Lao Food Festival 2020, held from Jan. 28 to 31, aimed to promote female entrepreneurs in the areas of ...

Laos is slated to make a debt servicing payment of about $900 million in 2020, money that it simply cannot afford to pay (its foreign exchange reserves are a mere $1 billion).

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Researchers describe the genetic epidemiology and dynamics of the Plasmodium falciparum responsible for malaria outbreaks in Attapeu Province, Laos.

In Brief On 23 September the Fitch Ratings agency downgraded Laos’ credit rating to CCC — the second downgrade in 2020, having dropped to B- in May. Much of the blame lies with COVID-19, which has ...

Laos debt service obligations in 2020 are around $1.2 billion with loans from commercial banks and Thai bonds maturing in September and October, Moody's said, but foreign reserves were just $864 ...

Laos’s debt servicing obligations are estimated to reach $1.8 billion in 2020 and $1.9 billion in 2021, according to the EIU. Others say $1.2 billion this year.

15 December 2020: On the eighth anniversary of the enforced disappearance of Lao civil society leader Sombath Somphone, we, the undersigned organizations, reiterate our calls on the government of ...

The agreement paves the way for Centara to enter into management agreements for three hotels in Laos with a combined total of 214 keys in capital city Vientiane and historic destination Luang Prabang.

FILE - This Oct. 27, 2020, file photo shows a sign at a Starbucks Coffee store in south Seattle. Starbucks said Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, it plans to open an outlet in Laos as it expands its more than ...

Officials in the Lao People's Democratic Republic say they are ready to further lift lockdown restrictions. Confirmed COVID-19 cases in Southeast Asia's only landlocked country have remained ...