‘They might hunt wildlife again’
LUANG PRABANG PROVINCE, Laos (MindaNews/08 July) — Some developments within or surrounding the protected areas in the country might have negative environmental impacts, affecting the people’s...
View ArticleSharing artworks, exchanging cultures
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews / 5 Aug) – Images of people’s movements portrayed with layered oil-based colours on canvases filled the white walls of the two-story M Gallery at Samsenthai Road in this...
View Article‘Shipment’
Filipino artist John Paul Antido with his “Shipment” on display in Laos from July 26 to Aug. 2, 2013 for a joint exhibit with a Laos painter. MindaNews photo by Lorie Ann Cascaro | Read story
View ArticleHas Vangvieng changed?
One year after the government closed the bars and put an end to drug outlets in Vangvieng, the village is struggling to get back to business. We spent a weekend. It’s past midnight and the “jungle...
View ArticleTRAVEL: More Koreans choose Laos
A growing number of Koreans visit the country for “healing” while some of them stay for retirement, business or volunteering VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews/02 September) — The air is redolent of...
View ArticleLaos kids express hope for the future through images
Through drawings, photos and role play, children from different provinces met in Vientiane to express their vision for their villages by the time they reach 20. VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews / 7 Sept) –...
View ArticleLao farmers need no ‘magic’ to adapt to climate change
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews/24 September) — The sky is still dark when 48-year old Ms Kham Phanyavong leaves her house at 3:30 AM on Saturday. She has to be at That Luang organic market before the...
View ArticleCooking hot to keep the climate cool
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews / 16 Oct) – Buying a new cookstove is not easy. Sellers offer heaps of different models that look alike and as a buyer, how do you know how it performs at home? Not to...
View Article‘Winning beyond boat racing’
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews/19 October)–In Ban Sai Fong Neua, 17 kilometers south from the city center, at least 40 women, each holding a wooden oar, trekked down a steep slope into the Mekong River...
View ArticleFEATURE: On the Lao side, Naga fireballs remain…
People swarm into a small village in Vientiane to see the Naga fireballs themselves despite others’ belief that the phenomenon is but a legend VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews / 24 Octet) – Somewhere around...
View ArticleLao tourists ride “Korean wave”
The Republic of Korea has become a tourist destination for Lao people who want to see and experience being in a megacity as they indulge in Korean pop culture. By Lorie Ann Cascaro SEOUL, Republic of...
View ArticleHelp for Yolanda survivors flowing from Laos
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews / 22 Nov) – Some of the Filipino expatriates who gathered in a pledging session at the Philippine Embassy here Thursday evening were teary-eyed while watching a video on the...
View ArticleAnother Day: A story about living in Vientiane’s wasteland
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews / 22 Nov) – Welcome to “Disneyland”! It is a mosaic of blue, black and white polyester unevenly blended with brown soil surrounded by green shrubs and bushes. It was a gloomy...
View ArticleLao cinema: Where to in 2015?
LUANG PRABANG, Laos (MindaNews/11 Dec.) — Despite the lack of venues to show movies on big screens, Lao filmmakers are striving to produce features and documentary films and build links with...
View ArticleCold Christmas away from home
VIENTIANE, Laos (MindaNews/24 Dec.) — In a small country where majority are Buddhists, Christmas is definitely not elusive. Back in my home the Philippines, Davao City is already teeming with Christmas...
View ArticleA child of revolution recounts
Secretary General of the Lao Securities Commission Mrs Vathana Dalaloy recalls memories of the first eight years of her life, when she and her family lived in the caves with Lao revolutionaries. By...
View ArticleHoi An: Old but alive
By Lorie Ann Cascaro and Jesse Pizarro Boga [caption id="attachment_52997" align="alignleft" width="640"] Lanterns and yellow lights brighten up the streets of Hoi An, which appear bland during...
View ArticleHue: A city of “perfume and purple”
By Lorie Ann Cascaro and Jesse Pizarro Boga [caption id="attachment_53227" align="alignleft" width="640"] Hue women do their laundry at the Perfume River. MindaNews photo by Lorie Ann...
View ArticleCaving in to a bike race, but winning anyway
[caption id="attachment_53471" align="alignleft" width="640"] Over 150 cyclists pose for a picture at Chao Fa Ngum Park in Vientiane before the start of the race to Vangvieng. MindaNews photo by Lorie...
View ArticleVietnam and Laos are neighbors, but strangers
By Lorie Ann Cascaro and Jesse Pizarro Boga [caption id="attachment_53680" align="alignleft" width="640"] Locals and tourists flock to Ta Hien Street and nearby alleys to commune over Vietnamese draft...
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