BANGKOK: When China opened its first overseas air force base this week, a joint facility in isolated Laos, it was sending a ...

VIENTIANE: A new five-year initiative will strengthen labour rights, social protection and working conditions for about ...

VIENTIANE: The governments of Laos and Thailand are seeking to strengthen economic, energy and border cooperation, with both ...

Satellite imagery shows the new facility is built in part on a purported old US airstrip used during the Vietnam War.

The center north of Vientiane, a counterpart to a similar naval facility in Cambodia, marks a further extension of Beijing’s ...

Landlocked Laos needs counterweights to its massive neighbor, China, if is to avoid being paralyzed by debt. The most obvious choice is Vietnam. Vietnamese investment in Laos didn’t just grow in the ...

China has opened new defense facilities in Laos, expanding the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) overseas logistics network and footprint in Southeast Asia. The China-Laos Joint Support and Training ...

BEIJING: China has established an air force support and training centre in Laos, its third overseas military outpost, further ...

The Chinese military opened a new logistics base at an airport in Laos, expanding the People’s Liberation Army’s overseas ...

China’s latest expansion of its overseas military footprint was carved from farmland in Laos, as analysts said the new ...

China has opened a new joint military training and support facility in Laos, raising fresh questions about Beijing’s ...