Bokeo Airport Completes 90% Construction, Operations to Start This Year The cost of construction is estimated to be at around USD 175 million, covering an area of 300 hectares. Construction... Read more
Luang Prabang Plans to Attract 4 Million Tourists by 2025 The province’s five-year tourism plan hopes to attract 4 million tourists by 2025. Currently, at its midway point, Luang Prabang has... Read more
Bun Luang and Phi Ta Khon Festival 2023 23-25 June 2023, Dan Sai District, Loei The most outrageous festival in Thailand. Also known as the Ghost Festival, this unique celebration is full of... Read more
Thailand and Malaysia have agreed to build a new road The road will connect the Sadao border checkpoint in Songkhla to Bukit Kayu Hitam town in Malaysia’s Kedah state to boost ties bet... Read more
380 New Species of Animals and Plants Discovered in the Greater Mekong Region A color-changing lizard, a thick-thumbed bat, a poisonous snake named after a Chinese mythological g... Read more
Tha Khek certifies 71 old colonial buildings as national heritage. Khammouan province has been certified 71 French buildings and houses as historical conservatories to preserve as a historic... Read more
Air Asia to Restart Flights From Vientiane to Kuala Lumpur in August. Air Asia will resume three weekly flights from Vientiane Capital to Kuala Lumpur in August to boost more tourism... Read more
Deputy governor Thapanee set to take over as TAT chief. The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has selected Thapanee Kiatphaibool, its deputy governor for domestic marketing, to be t... Read more
Phu Kho Noi ready for tourists as rains restore greenery damaged by fires. Phu Kho Noi mountaintop, a popular viewpoint for enjoying the famous sea of mist, has once again turned green follo... Read more
The Lao New Year festival program for Luang Prabang has been announced, featuring a variety of activities for both visitors and residents to enjoy from 11 to 20 April. The most important day... Read more
The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department’s Road Safety Centre released data on road accidents during the seven days which ended on 4 January 2023. The seven deadly days period ran f... Read more
Phayao city will hold their annual boat racing competition on the beautiful Phayao lake on 4th December 2022. There will be boats of 8 rowers & 12 rowers, plus a Sub board Race. For more... Read more
The Golden Triangle arguably got it’s name from Khun Sa the infamous Shan freedom fighter or opium warlord who reigned in the 60s & 70s. At his peak he had a trained militia of 10,000–20... Read more
The KMT Kuomintang were the nationalist Chinese forced out of China & Myanmar when they lost the war against the communist Chinese forces. In a long march that led them through S-W China... Read more
Vietnam to grant e-visa to citizens from 80 countries from 1 July 2020 Citizens from 80 countries will be allowed to get an e-visa from July 1, the government said in a resolution signed on... Read more
The Thai Laos border has an interesting history with communists & Hmong people competing for control of an area once neglected by the Thai government. Roads built on the Thai side to acc... Read more
VIENTIANE, April 23 (Xinhua) — All the beams of the Luang Prabang cross-Mekong River super major bridge of the China-Laos railway have been installed, according to the Laos-China Railw... Read more
The best pizza around, in the North of Thailand, seems to be @ the Mekong Pizza at the Golden Triangle; and is confirmed by the many rave comments by riders who have eaten there. GT Rider ha... Read more
India-Myanmar Cross-Border Bus Service to Operate Soon By Zarni Mann & Myat Pyae Phyo 20 February 2020 Mandalay – The long-awaited bus service to cross the India-Myanmar border through I... Read more
The 3rd edition GTR Golden Triangle map has been released & will be on sale from 15th February 2020. From overseas you can mail order a copy here For mail order in Thailand please email... Read more
Bangkok (AFP) – Thailand has spiked Chinese-led plans to open up a key stretch of the Mekong river, in a rare victory for activists fighting to preserve Southeast Asia’s most imp... Read more
Thailand to return orangutans seized from smugglers back to Indonesia Monday, 03 Feb 2020 BANGKOK:Thailand on Monday (Feb 3) is set to repatriate orangutans seized from wildlife smugglers ba... Read more
Laos – Pang Mon border open 1st February 2020 PHAYAO: Laos will open the Pang Mon checkpoint in Sayaboury province opposite Thailand’s Ban Huak checkpoint in Phu Sang district of... Read more
Vientiane: Laos and Vietnam are preparing to upgrade two more local crossing points to official border crossings to facilitate international visits between them. The facilities to be upgrade... Read more
In Vang Vieng there is a new toll free bridge across the Xong river, 5 kms upstream from town. The old bridge downtown which has been in operation as a concession for many years will continu... Read more
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