Seeing that many people had left their villages to seek work far from home, Na Ni realized that education was the only path ...

(Reuters) - Thailand was forced on Tuesday to halt the deportation to Laos of 153 Hmong, the ethnic minority who fought alongside America in the Vietnam War, after the men in the group put up a ...

Poverty is driving numerous children in the communist nation of Laos to drop out of school and start working full time to help their families, according to experts and media reports. Although the ...

VIENTIANE, Laos -- It's a plea Carol Cassidy hears repeatedly from Laotian farmers who supply raw silk for her woven scarves and shawls business in Vientiane: "Sell more! Sell to America!" But the ...