With a vision toward an independent and self-reliant economy, Laos is aiming to achieve a surplus by 2025, said Sonexay ...

The Lao kip, however, given its close link to the Thai baht, was particularly vulnerable to the exchange rate volatility that rocked the region. Between July 1997 and June 1998, the kip lost 70 ...

Thai border patrol officers seized over one million methamphetamine pills packed in three sacks after a drug smuggling ...

VIENTIANE: Natural disasters affected 217,168 people in Laos in 2024, with damage totaling over 6 trillion kip (some US$279 ...

Vietnam and Laos have launched a new framework for settling payments in their local currencies and a cross-border QR code ...

Vietnam and Laos have launched a local currency settlement (LCS) framework and a cross-border retail payment link.