Mekong Tourism Forum set for October

PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): The Mekong Tourism Forum is set to be held in Hoi An, Vietnam from October 3-8, the Mekong Tourism Coordinating Office (MTCO) has announced, and is expected to contribute to revitalisation and boosting of the Greater Mekong Subregion’s (GMS) hard-hit tourism sector.

Laos and South Korea develop platform to promote tourism

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Laos and South Korea are partnering in tourism, cultural and industrial exchanges between the two countries, with a view to bringing more Korean tourists to Laos.

Four arrested for trafficking heroin in Vietnam

HANOI (Xinhua): Police of northern Vietnam's Dien Bien province has arrested four local men for trafficking 115 cakes of heroin from Laos, Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday (May 16).

Women shuttlers shamed by Vietnam, men struggle

THE Malaysian women shuttlers suffered a rude shock when they were knocked out of the team event by unfancied Vietnam 3-1.

SEA Games results (16th May, 2022)

Bring on your best, says Maloney

BRAD Maloney has a simple message for his boys – to be champions, you have to beat the best.

Asean News Headlines at 9pm on Monday (May 16, 2022)

Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Monday (May 16, 2022)

SEA Games football: Malaysia end Group B campaign with draw against Cambodia

HANOI: Malaysia's Under-23 football team ended their Group B campaign at the Vietnam SEA Games with a 2-2 draw against Cambodia at the Thien Truong Stadium in Nam Dinh on Monday (May 16).

Students in Laos going through a tough time in the “New Normal”

With the government’s recent decree reopening the country, many in Laos are hoping to pick up where they left off before the pandemic abruptly ushered in a new era of lockdowns, closures, distance learning, and general sequestration, reports Laotian Times.

Over 2,000 people enter Laos after border reopening amid pandemic

Over 2,000 Lao people and foreign nationals have entered Laos through land borders and the airport in the Lao capital Vientiane since the government reopened the country's borders on May 9 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.