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Laos: Hidden Gem of Southeast Asia, Shines Bright with Food, Culture, and Arts

23/05/202323/05/2023 Karlo 187 Views

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.

Times Magazine Calls Luang Prabang “A Hidden Paradise”

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Time Magazine Calls Luang Prabang “A Hidden Paradise”

20/03/202320/03/2023 Karlo 392 ViewsTravel Laos 2023, Travel Luang Prabang

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

07/03/202307/03/2023 Karlo 232 ViewsFrench Language, Month of Francophonie

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

27/02/202327/02/2023 Karlo 220 ViewsArt and culture, Museum Laos

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.

21/01/202021/01/2020 J&C Admin 263 ViewsCrowne Plaza Vientiane, KindyRoo Laos, Lao Language

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

11/05/201911/05/2019 J&C Admin 306 ViewsBroken Handle Press, Dr. Robert Cooper, Kham Thong Luang, Peter Koret, Upahat Ba Phoi

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

12/02/2018 J&C Admin 358 ViewsCulture and Tourism (MICAT), Lao Law on Performing Arts, Ministry of Information

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

24/04/201424/04/2014 J&C Admin 2991 Views

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 …..