Laos: Hidden Gem of Southeast Asia, Shines Bright with Food, Culture, and Arts
Though Laos is a small country with about 7.5 million people, more and more people are starting to recognize its food, culture and Arts.
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Literature
Time Magazine Calls Luang Prabang “A Hidden Paradise”
Luang Prabang is included on Time Magazine’s 50 greatest places in the world.
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The Month of Francophonie Opens in Laos
A celebration of the French language is being honoured in Laos together with other countries around the world.
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New Art Museum in Laos to Open in 2024
A new Art Museum is set to open next year.
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Laos Once Considered The Letter R A Western Interloper. The Internet Helped Bring It Back.
Forty-five years ago, Laos’s communist government officially dropped the “R” sound from the Lao alphabet, calling it a symbol of foreign influence.
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The History of Kham Thong Luang
While traveling throughout Laos in search of historical artefacts in 2006, researchers made an unusual discovery. In a small town in remote, southern Salavan Province, they came across an old palm-leaf manuscript composed entirely in verse.
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MICAT Publicises Law on Performing Arts
Source: Vientiane Times The Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism (MICAT) last Friday publicised a law on Performing Arts to
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Crime Novelist Cotterill Is Still A Mystery In Vientiane
The adventures of coroner-sleuth Dr Siri have attracted an army of readers in the West, but he remains a stranger back home
Colin Cotterill is without doubt the best-known author of murder mysteries set in Laos, a communist country where crimes are rarely even reported in the state-run press.
In fact, Cotterill, 61, may well be the only author of murder mysteries with Laos as their setting. The protagonist of the British author’s award-winning series is Dr Siri Paiboun, fictionally appointed the first and only coroner in Vientiane in …..