Lao Voices

Now and then it is useful to look back in history to see where the future will take us. A pivotal time in Lao history is the time between 1950 and 1975. During that time, the political regime in Laos was completely turned around. This was no coincidence. Laos was heavily [...]

It seems that Laos is getting a lot of recognition lately, and appears as the next potential hot spots for tourists, another great article in The New York Times: 36 hours in Luang Prabang, Laos. I also posted more photos of A Weekend in Luang Prabang, Laos at my blog. As for those that [...]

Scrapbook from Laos 2008 of The Today Show from Laos

Mekong sunset
In between duties for his Where in the World segments, Peter Alexander found some time to see the sights and observe the locals.
Here, the sun sets over the Mekong River in Vientiane. The 2,703 mile-long river is the 12th-longest river in the world.
But unlike [...]

Where in the World is Matt Lauer? Where else, Laos (click) [to watch slide show on right hand side], TODAY’s Matt Lauer takes a quick tour of Vientiane, the historic capital of Laos, the latest stop on his 2008 “Where in the World is Matt Lauer?” tour. One of my co-workers learned a thing or [...]

As long as I could remember, the Mekong River has always been the life vein of Laos, it sustains our livelihoods in which Lao people use this river as drinking water, as bath water, as a source of our food as we often said, “In the water there is fish, and in the rice paddy [...]

This article almost escaped my attention. Apparently, the Swedish government has decided to downgrade its office in Laos from an embassy to a “section office” in 2008 and by 15 August 2008 at the latest.
This implies that all consular, passport and visa services that normally run through this office will be stopped. The reason for [...]

Apparently, we agreed that cow farts are not a major contributing factor to global warming, but the issue of climate change is looming in the air. According to VOA News, more than 150 nations and 80 heads of state and governments attended an unprecedented summit on climate change at the United Nations headquarters in [...]

Beautiful scenes of Vang Vieng, Laos.