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Posted inSoutheast Asia

Vietnam bids to woo Cambodia, Laos from China

by David Hutt September 27, 2021September 30, 2021

For the first time in many years, Vietnamese Communist Party chief Nguyen Phu Trong held tripartite talks on September 26 with General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Thongloun Sisoulith and Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.  Analysts and observers saw the Hanoi-hosted talks as a significant move as Vietnam attempts to reassert influence over its […]

Lao kip banknotes in a collage image. Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, South Asia, World

Laos’ zipping economy falls back to earth

by David Hutt December 15, 2018February 18, 2020
Residents on rooftops surrounded by floodwaters in Attapeu province after a dam collapsed on July 23.Photo: AFP/Attapeu Today
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Cambodia, China, Laos, Northeast Asia, South Asia, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam

Lao dam disaster points to Communist Party failings

by David Hutt July 25, 2018February 18, 2020
Illustration: iStock
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Hong Kong, Laos, South Asia, Thailand, World

Laos on a fast track to a China debt trap

by David Hutt March 28, 2018February 18, 2020
Lao children in a village setting. The Lao government aims to implement a universal health care scheme to cover remote impoverished areas of the country. Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Hong Kong, Laos, Middle East, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam, World

China’s aid a matter of life and death for Laos

by David Hutt December 12, 2017February 18, 2020
A Lao vendor carries her goods in the main street of Luang Prabang, Laos. Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Malaysia, Middle East, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

Heavy debt load in Laos

by David Hutt November 4, 2017February 18, 2020
A Lao military officer commands an honor guard in a 2012 file photo. Photo: AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam
Posted inAT Finance, Cambodia, China, Laos, Northeast Asia, South Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, World

What’s behind Cambodia-Laos’ border flare-up?

by David Hutt August 14, 2017February 18, 2020
Stock image of the Third Thai - Lao Friendship Bridge at sunset time, Nakhon Phanom province, Thailand looking across the Mekong into Laos. Photo: iStock/Getty Images
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, France, Hong Kong, Laos, Middle East, Myanmar, Singapore, South Asia, Thailand, Timor Leste, Vietnam, World

Laos is a key link for China’s Obor ambitions

by David Hutt July 15, 2017February 18, 2020
Laos Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith at the Asean Summit Retreat. Photo: AFP/Ye Aung Thu
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, Brunei, China, France, India, Laos, South Asia, Vietnam, World

Little Laos tackles big corruption

by David Hutt February 16, 2017February 18, 2020

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