Life moves slower in Laos, but the pace is quickening and the 'land of a million elephants' is increasingly in the clutches ...

The country is traversed by the Mekong River, which runs through much of Laos, meaning that despite being landlocked, you'll ...

While most tourists visiting Laos head to the ancient royal city of Luang Prabang, the capital Vientiane with its temples, ...

Laos is Southeast Asia’s only landlocked country, yet, paradoxically, life revolves around water. Running the length of the mainly mountainous country is the mighty Mekong River, which floods ...

Nearly everything is obtained from personal gardens, the river, local farms ... Freshly caught catfish on display at the daily market in Laos. Photograph by National Geographic/Jock Montgomery ...

Adrian Mattern and crew head deep into the Tian Shan mountains of Kyrgyrzstan to paddle the Sary-Jaz river.

Landlocked Laos is comprised of thickly forested and mountainous terrain. The Mekong River forms a large part of the country's western border with Thailand. Most children in Laos live in rural areas, ...

of river in the landlocked, mountainous country of nearly eight million people. Laos has spent heavily on hydroelectric schemes, many financed by its northern neighbour China, with the aim of ...

VIENTIANE, July 2 (vientiane Times/ANN): The river border will be more closely ... more infectious strain could cross the border into Laos. The first cases of the Delta variant, which has a ...