Laotian Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone has instructed the government to impose foreign currency controls to support Laos's national currency, the kip, through record inflation, local media reported on Wednesday

Laotian President Thongloun Sisoulithl and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, opened the first railway between their countries via video conference on Friday, the Laos News Agency reported

The Laotian coronavirus response center has registered the country's first death from the virus, media reported