CHIANG RAI, Thailand, 25 May 2020: Laos has sent home hundreds of Chinese gamblers and workers from casinos and unfinished second-home condominiums at a so-called 'special economic zone' (SEZ) located on the banks of the Mekong River.
BANGKOK, 8 MAY 2020: The ban on flights to Laos continues
with no end date in sight as far as government announcements go.
Lao Airlines, owned by the government, confirmed this week it had suspended...
BANGKOK, 9 April 2020: Here's some good news for British travellers who are stranded in Thailand hoping to snatch up a flight to the UK.
The UK in Thailand Update posted by the British...
VIENTIANE, Laos, 1 April 2020: Laos a tiny landlocked country sharing borders with Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China and Myanmar went into lockdown 30 March.
The measure comes as the country reported ints eighth
Covid-19 case...
LUANG PRABANG, 25 March 2020: Our Armchair travel planning
focuses today on a wedding package in the World Heritage town of Luang Prabang.
Considering travel worldwide has stalled, events are banned and airlines park their...
BANGKOK, 25 March
2020: Covid-19 cases have been reported in Laos and Myanmar, two countries that
remained virus-free over the last three months.
Laos officially confirmed its first two Covid-19 cases on Tuesday afternoon according...
VIENTIANE, 23 March 2020: Lao Airlines has made drastic
changes to its international flight schedule in Asia, effective at the weekend
through to the end of April.
It said the cuts were made in response to...
VIENTIANE, Laos, 19 March 2020: Health officials in Laos are urging residents to cancel or postpone all social events including weddings as provinces signal they intend to cancel Lao New Year celebrations in mid-April.
VIENTIANE, Laos, 3 March 2020: Laos abruptly cancelled the
capital city's annual half marathon just a day before it was due to take place
on the 1 March.
Runners were told they would not get a...
VIENTIANE, Laos, 21 February 2020: The contagious
coronavirus is not rocking the boat when it comes to a jazz festival in the Lao
capital 8 to 9 May.
In a move to offer festival-goers an opportunity...