Today six great bridges span the river. One is at Thakhek, where the transit distance across Laos between the growing economies of Thailand and Vietnam is shortest, only 90 miles. In Thakhek I ...

While most tourists visiting Laos head to the ancient royal city of Luang Prabang, the capital Vientiane with its temples, ...

Hang Son Doong is in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Vietnam, near the border with Laos and is the world's largest natural ...

Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam before emptying into the South China Sea. It’s the longest river in Southeast Asia, the seventh longest in Asia, and—most important for the people who live along it ...

Demilitarized zones—from Vietnam to Korea, Cyprus and Antarctica—require tourists to look beyond what exists and to find the ...

Its habitat in Vietnam and Laos is disappearing as human settlements ... be "fantastic" for research purposes. After fording the river, Tuoc and my family and I hike to a ranger station.