Laos’ 2025 census recorded a sharp rise in foreign residents and 313,766 Lao citizens living overseas, highlighting migration trends, labour pressures and the importance of remittances.

Laos’ 2025 census recorded a sharp rise in foreign residents and 313,766 Lao citizens living overseas, highlighting migration trends, labour pressures and the importance of remittances.

Laos has listed a record US$500 million government bond in Hong Kong, gained its first inclusion in the Emerging Markets Bond Index and received a sovereign credit-rating upgrade from S&P Global Ratings.

New and expanded flights will connect Vientiane and Luang Prabang with Phnom Penh, Singapore and Bangkok, giving travellers more options and strengthening Laos’ regional links.

Thailand’s AIS plans a USD 43.35 million investment that would give it an indirect 24.01% stake in Lao Telecom, as Laos’ mobile and internet market continues to grow.

AMD has reached a definitive agreement to acquire World Labs, an AI research lab co-founded by Fei-Fei Li, in a deal valued at approximately $8.2 billion. World Labs develops spatial intelligence models that create, reconstruct, and simulate interactive 3D environments. The deal...