At least once in their lives, devout Buddhists in Laos strive to visit a very special temple inside a natural landmark, the Pak Ou Caves, directly on the mighty Mekong River, the lifeline of Southeast ...

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Buddha statues of unknown age and origin were retrieved from the Mekong River's shore in Tonpheung district in northern Laos' Bokeo province. The excavation followed the discovery ...

Lao authorities on May 16 announced that a Buddha statue with a height of at least two meters has been excavated from a sandy area near the Mekong River in the northern Lao province of Bokeo. The ...

Buddhist monks and citizens in Laos are opposing a plan to build a Chinese-style Buddha statue in the capital Vientiane terming it a “cultural encroachment” from its largest foreign investor and aid ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A giant 100-meter tall Buddha statue to be built in the middle of the Laotian capital of Vientiane has triggered anti-Chinese anger throughout the Southeast Asian country.

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VIENTIANE: Bokeo authorities supervising a dig in Thonpheung district say that more than 300 Buddha images, 14 heads of Buddha images, and other artefacts have been excavated from March 20-25, with ...

Anti-China sentiments have been sparked against a Shanghai-based company Wang Feng Shanghai Real Estate Co over the construction of a 100 metres statue of Buddha costing USD 5 billion close to the ...