Miss Ketmany Vongpasert, MVT 15, was announced as the first place winner of Miss Vientiane 2019 on April 6

Pheuksa Garden, an affiliate to Phouvong Jewellery Shop, hosted an event to please women on the occasion of the 109th anniversary of International Women’s Day - March 8

The first International Lantern Festival will be held at agro-tourism Phoutaven Farm in Pak Ngum district, Vientiane Capital on Mar 7-10

(KPL) Last year recorded 4.18 million foreign visitor arrivals, an increase of 8.2 per cent compared to 2017, according the Tourism Development Department, Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism.

(KPL) Sikhottabong Stupa festival is held annually during the full moon in February (Feb 19, 2019) and it is celebrated over several days. Sikhottabong stupa is a piece of old architecture in Thakhek District, Khammuan Province. On the full moon of the third month, the annual rite is organized by the Khammuan people.

(KPL) The Visit Laos-China Year 2019 was launched on Jan 25, 2018 in Vientiane, the capital.

(KPL) Attapeu authorities announced on Dec 24 the launch of Visit Laos Year 2018 and the celebration of Xaysetthathirath King Festival in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone.

The financial assistance ADB – the Asian Development Bank has provided to the Lao PDR since 2002 to promote its tourism sector has reached US$107.9 million.

Over 60,000 tourists visited Gyeongsangbuk-do province, South Korea during the autumn and winter of 2018.

(KPL) The famous 400-year-old tea plantation is located about 18 kilometers from Phongsaly Town in the Phunoy ethnic village Ban Komaen, which according to same tea experts has some of the oldest tea trees in the world.