The hill tribes (chao khao, literally ‘mountain people’) are considered ... into eastern Burma (Myanmar), northern Laos, and the north-west corner of Vietnam. The Akha who now live in Thailand started ...

There are substantial numbers of ethnic Vietnamese and Chinese. Till the middle of the 13th century the Lao tribes who had migrated from Southern China accepted Buddhism of the Theravada School as ...

VIENTIANE: Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and his Japanese counterpart Ishiba Shigeru have exchanged congratulatory ...