ASEAN – Luqman Hakim Shamsudin, a national football prodigy, feels that good communication among the current national Under 23 (U-23) group might lead to a gold medal at the South East Asian (SEA) Games in Hanoi, Vietnam. After multiple prior friendly matches, he claimed the team, coached by Brad Maloney, had developed a strong understanding among themselves, giving them an …

Malaysia – Malaysia’s dismal defeats to Laos in the AFF Under-23 tournament in Cambodia have prompted a post-mortem, according to Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu. He added the relevant parties, such as the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM), should get to the source of the matter since Laos was once the whipping child of Southeast Asian …

Laos – Laos is scheduled to launch a US$6 billion (RM25.4 billion) railway constructed by the Chinese on Friday, despite worries over the country’s debt and expectations that it would help to restore the country’s faltering economy. The construction of the 414-kilometer (260-mile) route, which is part of China’s trillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative, took five years. The potential economic …

President Rodrigo Duterte is confident that the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) would overcome Covid-19, just as it has overcome many obstacles in the past. Duterte made the statement as ASEAN marked the 54th anniversary of its foundation. He said that the ASEAN member nations are no strangers to adversity, adding that the regional bloc’s ties of amity and …

News regarding a diabetic woman with confirmed case of Covid-19 had her two legs amputated last week after finding out blood clots which could have been caused by the virus. According to the National Taskforce for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, the said woman, 65, had both legs amputated above the knee in order to save her life. In a daily …

Thailand continues its anticipating project after a construction deal was signed in December as they have the work on a fifth bridge connecting Laos and Thailand across the Mekong River began. The bridge, which will take 36 months to construct, will link the province of Bolikhamxay in Laos to the north-eastern province of Bueng Kan in Thailand. Recently there was …

Laos is expected to pass majority ownership of its electrical grid to a Chinese firm as it tries to keep off a possible debt default, said people with direct knowledge of the deal.The agreement comes at a time when critics accuse Beijing of ‘debt trapping diplomacy’ to gain strategic advantage in countries struggling to repay loans under President Xi Jinping’s …

Laos is pushing through with the hydropower project on the Mekong River and Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam shows concern on the transboundary impact and effects on nations involved. Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam on a special joint committee session of the Mekong River Commission (MRC) urged Laos to reasses the impact it may cause to the region. They praised Laos submission …

Laos in partnership with China has submitted plans to to the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to build yet another new hydropower dam on the Mekong River. Construction is expected to start later this year, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) said on Monday. The Sanakham dam hydropower plant, with an estimated cost of US$2.073 billion, will be developed by Datang Sanakham …