KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 1 — Some 261 Malaysian victims who had fallen victim to job scam syndicates and who were stranded in Cambodia, have been successfully rescued so far.

VIENTIANE, Sept 29 — Typhoon Noru, which has weakened and been downgraded to a tropical storm, has made landfall in Laos and caused flooding in southern Laos' Attapeu province.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 26 — Three Malaysian NGOs today called on the Government of Laos to help secure the release of Malaysians held captive in that country by a fraud employment syndicate that had lured them with offers of high-paying jobs.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 — Five more Malaysians who had fallen victim to job scam syndicates in Cambodia returned home today.

BANGKOK, July 31  — Malaysia beat Laos 2-1 to win the men’s doubles title in the 35th Thai King’s Cup Sepak Takraw World Championships here today.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 22 — Nine Malaysian men, deceived by an employment agency with the promise of lucrative job offers abroad, found themselves working as customer service officers of an online scam syndicate, believed to be in Laos.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 16 — Malaysia has won its second Under-19 (U-19) Asean Football Federation Championship in four years after beating Laos 2-0 in the finals in Bekasi, Indonesia last night.

VIENTIANE, June 29 — Laos is considering imposing limits on a number of imported goods in order to minimise or cut the use of foreign currency on non-essential items amid dwindling foreign currency reserves.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — The government has decided to donate 559,200 AstraZeneca vaccine doses to Bangladesh and 283,400 doses to Laos to ensure the countries in need have equal access to the Covid-19 vaccine supply.

VIENTIANE, June 3 — The Lao government has temporarily banned the import and export of cattle, beef, and other bovine products to prevent the spread of an infectious skin disease, reported Xinhua.