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Vientiane
![Giant Buddha Statue Plan Rankles Residents of Laos’ Capital: Report Giant Buddha Statue Plan Rankles Residents of Laos’ Capital: Report](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2021-09-15-3.jpg)
Giant Buddha Statue Plan Rankles Residents of Laos’ Capital: Report
By Sebastian Strangio
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.
![Laos Introduces Two-Week Lockdown to Contain Rare COVID-19 Outbreak Laos Introduces Two-Week Lockdown to Contain Rare COVID-19 Outbreak](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2021-04-23.jpg)
Laos Introduces Two-Week Lockdown to Contain Rare COVID-19 Outbreak
By Sebastian Strangio
The outbreak comes after a year in which the Southeast Asian nation mostly evaded the coronavirus.
![Laos: New Hydropower Dams, Old Mekong Worries Laos: New Hydropower Dams, Old Mekong Worries](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/sizes/thumbnail/5258_5243a5237763a.jpg)
Laos: New Hydropower Dams, Old Mekong Worries
By Tae-jun Kang
As Laos continues its hydropower ambitions, concerns around the future of the Mekong River are only growing.
![Missing Sombath Still Dogging Laos Missing Sombath Still Dogging Laos](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2013-12-17_03-36-21.jpg)
Missing Sombath Still Dogging Laos
By Luke Hunt
Scrutiny from human rights groups and charges from the ICC likely if officials don’t come clean.
![More North Koreans Hiding in Laos More North Koreans Hiding in Laos](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/sizes/thumbnail/3829_524393f6bb17d.jpg)
More North Koreans Hiding in Laos
Many fear that 20 North Koreans, hiding in South Korea’s Vientiane embassy, could be deported.
![What Will WTO Membership Mean for Laos? What Will WTO Membership Mean for Laos?](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/sizes/thumbnail/4254_524396ee5b61c.jpg)
What Will WTO Membership Mean for Laos?
Laos’ recent WTO membership stands to benefit the country significantly. But the gains will take work.
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