Laos: Methanol Deaths a Grim Warning

By:  Tommy Walker, Asia Media Center, November 26, 2024

The recent deaths of foreign tourists in Laos caused by tainted alcoholic drinks has highlighted the risks of bootlegged booze across Southeast Asia . Tommy Walker has more from Bangkok.

Travel documentary - Laos - The Spirits of the Mekong

Source:  Best Documentary

Director: Laurent Cadoret

Original title: Somewhere on Earth: Laos

Travel documentary - Laos - Along the Mekong

Source:  Voyages du bout du monde

Director: Eric Bacos

Co-Production with USP Ananda-Ampersand

6 tourists die from methanol poisoning while visiting Vang Vieng

Source:  DW News, November 23, 2024

First marathon series to span Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia

Source:  Viettel Marathon - Unitel Luang Prabang 2024 (via SEA Games Youtube channel)

China-Laos Railway sees passengers up 44% in first 10 months of 2024

By:  Xinhua, November 5, 2024

VIENTIANE - The China-Laos Railway's Lao section has transported a total of 3 million passenger trips in 10 months of 2024, an increase of 44.4 percent from the same period last year.

From January 1 to November 4, the railway carried 3 million passengers from 101 countries, according to a report issued on Tuesday by the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC).

9th ASEAN Tradition Textile Symposium