On October 23, 2024, Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev during the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia. The leaders’ discussions aimed to deepen ties between Laos and Azerbaijan, marking a new mileston…

Major General Huynh Dac Huong, head of the national liaison board for former Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and military experts helping Laos is leading a delegation on a visit to Laos from September 22-26, at an invitation of the country’s Ministry o…

Kazan, Russia (KPL) The 16th BRICS Summit on October 22, 2024, convened in Kazan, Russia, where heads of state from across the Global South gathered in a demonstration of unity and commitment to a multipolar world order.

This year’s summit marks a p…

HD Hyundai Electric Co. on Friday reported its third-quarter net profit of 116.6 billion won (US$84.5 million), up 114.7 percent from a year earlier.

Operating income for the July-September period was 163.8 billion won, up 91.8 percent from a year a…

Construction of a life-sized Gundam robot statue from the popular Japanese sci-fi anime “Mobile Suit Gundam” was completed this week at the venue of the 2025 World Expo in Osaka.

Hoisted by a crane, the giant statue’s head was attached to its body n…

Malaysia was one of the 13 nations officially added to BRICS as a partner country on October 24.

In a statement delivered at the Malaysian parliament, Malaysian Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said that joining the bloc will help the count…

When 51 years ago the first Cuban medical brigade arrived in the liberated zone of Laos, the young doctor Ponmek Dalaloy was already serving, since its opening in 1972, as director of the Lao-Vietnam Friendship Hospital.

Dalaloy, who studied medicin…

Widespread flooding and landslides caused by tropical storm Trami in the northeastern Philippines left at least 24 people dead on October 24, swept away cars and prompted authorities to scramble for motorboats to rescue trapped villagers.

Schools an…