Laos is heavily indebted to and economically dependent on China. Could Vietnam and Thailand offer a way out of its conundrum?

Chinese developers are constructing high-rise residential towers across the special economic zone that are geared to Chinese investors, unaffordable to the vast majority of Lao. Warning ...

Special Economic Zones and self-governing statelets across the Mekong region have become conduits for human trafficking on a massive scale.

This rescue brings the total number of Indians rescued in Laos to 924, with 857 already returned to India. The embassy further warned Indian youth about job offers in Laos that may lead to cyber-scam ...

The Indian Embassy in Laos successfully rescued 67 Indian youth from cyber-scam centres in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone. These youth had ...

The Indian embassy in Laos said it has so far rescued 924 Indian nationals from such scams, and 857 of them have returned to India ...

Kapok Blossom Festival (Boun Dok Ngiew Ban) is underway in Tonpheung district, Bokeo province, within the Golden Triangle ...

EAM S Jaishankar held meetings with his counterparts from Laos, Cambodia and Thailand on the issue of trafficking of Indian citizens through cyber scam centres and sought their early return.

Vientiane, January 27 (IANS): The Embassy of India in Laos announced on Monday that it has successfully rescued 67 Indian youth who had been duped and trafficked into cyber-scam centres operating in ...