At least once in their lives, devout Buddhists in Laos strive to visit a very special temple inside a natural landmark, the Pak Ou Caves, directly on the mighty Mekong River, the lifeline of Southeast ...

Join our cheerful host as she explores the Great Stupa in Vientiane, Laos—the city's most important spiritual monument. Standing 44 meters high and 69 meters wide, this golden structure with its ...

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Buddha statues of unknown age and origin were retrieved from the Mekong River's shore in Tonpheung district in northern Laos' Bokeo province. The excavation followed the discovery ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A giant 100-meter tall Buddha statue to be built in the middle of the Laotian capital of Vientiane has triggered anti-Chinese anger throughout the Southeast Asian country.

A Chinese firm’s plans to build a 100-meter-high Buddha statue in low-lying Vientiane encapsulate China’s outsized economic presence in Laos. The That Luang stupa on the eastern outskirts of Vientiane ...

Buddhist monks and citizens in Laos are opposing a plan to build a Chinese-style Buddha statue in the capital Vientiane terming it a “cultural encroachment” from its largest foreign investor and aid ...

Lao authorities on May 16 announced that a Buddha statue with a height of at least two meters has been excavated from a sandy area near the Mekong River in the northern Lao province of Bokeo. The ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. LUANG PRABANG: More than a 10th of the Buddha statues in Luang Prabang, an ancient city in north-central Laos whose urban district is a ...

VIENTIANE: Bokeo authorities supervising a dig in Thonpheung district say that more than 300 Buddha images, 14 heads of Buddha images, and other artefacts have been excavated from March 20-25, with ...

VIENTIANE, March 29 (Xinhua) -- Excavations taking place in Tonpheung district in northern Laos' Bokeo province, where several hundred Buddha statues have been unearthed, will be upgraded to a ...