SAN FRANCISCO AND VIENTIANE, LAOS – The Asia Foundation, the premier non-profit organization devoted to Asia’s development since 1954, today announced the opening of the first safe shelter in the Lao ...

VIENTIANE: The government is working with the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) to ensure that every child in Laos has ...

VIENTIANE, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Laos is accelerating child health promotion through immunization and strengthened media and community engagement to build public confidence in health services and ...

Federal prosecutors say a Lynn, Massachusetts, man has pleaded guilty to sexually exploiting minors to whom he taught English in the Asian country of Laos. The U.S. Attorney's Office said Michael ...

Laos has the highest rate of young female pregnancies in Southeast Asia, but until recently the underlying reasons have not been well understood. New research has revealed that the acceptance of child ...

High food prices in Laos are contributing to child malnutrition, according to two policy notes released by the World Bank today. The notes, Food Inflation in the Lao PDR: Trends, Drivers, and Impacts, ...