Laos Travel News

Franklin Park in Columbus, Ohio is playing host to the annual Asian Festival over Memorial Day weekend , a fun and educational event for the whole family showcasing and celebrating cultural heritage, traditions and diversity.

In a world that's never been so connected and accessible, rediscovering the wonder of travel and the romance of a journey is something to be cherished.

It was a usual Monday morning for 16-year-old Lee Net, a Khamou ethnic minority who lives in Houymanh village, Phomxay District, Luang Prabang.

The art deco Chrysler Building shines brightly in the New York skyline in this view from the Empire State Building.

Central Pattana, the country's leading mall developer, has announced an overseas expansion plan involving the establishment of seven shopping complexes in four key Asean markets: Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Tourism officials downplayed the impact of Tuesday night's power outage in the South, but tourism operators and the country's biggest private-sector association expressed fears for their business and demanded the government take steps to ensure that such a situation does not happen again.

A massive power blackout hit 14 southern provinces Tuesday night after a transmission failure in Prachuap Khiri Khan cut off supply from the Central Region.

Thailand's worst ever power outage is over, says Egat, but worried residents of the South are still anxious after the entire region was left in the dark for two hours last evening.

Does a Tattoo Change Their Lives? 'Thai Magic Tattoos the Art and Influence of Sak Yant' is the first illustrated book dedicated to the art and history of sacred tattoos in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.

Long holidays like the mid-April Songkran festival may prompt adventure lovers and tourists to go on camping trips with their family or close friends.

For Delhi's chatterati, the ultimate status symbol is getting the prime minister to attend the weddings of their sons or daughters.

France - Authentic Cuisine Apart from the Eiffel Tower, there's nothing quite like authentic French cuisine that captures the beauty of Paris, the city of love.

A steady decline in the yen is proving a godsend for exporters such as Toyota and has won solid support from Japan's main trading partners, who are betting the impact on their own currencies will be offset by gains from a recovery in the world's third-largest economy.

Members of the Swine Raisers Association of Thailand and other concerned parties are considering marching to Government House in protest against US pressure on Thailand to open up its market to US pork and offal.

A massive power failure has affected more than 8 million people in Thailand's 14 southern provinces, including popular tourist areas such as Koh Samui and Phuket, in one of the country's biggest blackouts in recent memory.

A study of global and local factors that drive changes in hotels' revenue per available room in eight major Asian cities found that the revenues for the hotels in these cities are strongly subject to global forces.

MUMBAI: After four seasons of The Amazing Race Asia, AXN returns yet again with another made-in-Asia-for-Asia Original Production in May 2013 The Apprentice Asia! Filmed in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, the Asian adaptation of the US reality series is based on the format created by reality TV guru Mark Burnett and produced locally by Fremantlemedia ... (more)

The Ministry of Commerce will soon organise "Thailand Week Roadshow" in several neighbouring countries to promote Thai exports, Thai News Agency reported.

The new Golden Triangle permanent border checkpoint in Chiang Rai's Chiang Saen district - which has just been opened - is seen as having been established with political connections to benefit a large casino project on the Lao side.

Deputy Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Saturday launched the construction of the 140km Da Nang-Quang Ngai Expressway project, the expansion of National Highway 1A and a new tunnel through two passes near the Hai Van Tunnel, all in central provinces.