The Lao national athletes with disabilities have set a target of winning 1 gold, 3 silver, and 5 bronze medals at the 13th ASEAN Para Games, to be held in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand, from January 20–26, 2026.

Laos: Paralympic Team Sets Medal Target for 13th ASEAN Para Games! (28.1.2028)

Laos will send a total delegation of 164 members, including 62 women, comprising athletes, coaches, and officials. The Lao team will compete in 12 out of the 19 sports on the official competition program: athletics, swimming, powerlifting, goalball, wheelchair basketball, boccia, football, cycling, shooting, fencing, badminton, and tennis.

An official send-off ceremony for the delegation was held on January 9, 2026, at the Lao National Olympic Committee Club. The event was attended by Ms. Dalavone Kittiphan, Deputy Minister of Education and Sports and Vice President of the National Paralympic Committee of Laos (NPCL), and Ms. Khanthaly Siriphongphanh, President of the NPCL, along with relevant officials.

First Offense - Bai Tian Hui Thanks the Court for its Leniency!

China: Bai Tian Hui (白天辉) Executed for “Economic Crimes”! (9.12.2025)

He was Sentenced to Death for accepting a bribe of 1.1 billion Yuan, but the whereabouts of most of this money is still unclear. He returned some of the stolen money, but hundreds of millions of dollars have not been recovered. People familiar with the matter said that he secretly transferred money out of China and into capitalist countries – through means such as holding on behalf of relatives, purchasing assets overseas, and laundering virtual currency. He also squandered some of it in overseas casinos. Although the task force seized his mansion, luxury car and equity, more than 300 million yuan has not yet been recovered. It is unclear how much of the 1.1 billion in bribes has been recovered and how much has disappeared overseas. He deliberately exploited loopholes in the system and was assisted by outside influences. Before his execution during the early morning of Tuesday December 9th (reported online around 03:37 hrs in China), Bai Tian Hui met with his close relatives. His former “boss” – Lai Xiaomin – was executed in January 2021 for similar capitalistic crimes.

Laos Buddhist-Socialist Republic: Ta Bin Hydroelectricity Company – Pak Bang -Donates Vital Supplies to Local Villages! (11.4.2023)

The company realized that a number of people in Champa Village are still very poor – and motivated by Buddhist-Socialist morality – they mobilized all the company’s employees to contribute both materials and resources!

This included clothes, shoes, soccer balls, baskets of food and learning materials such as pens and writing books, etc. On the occasion of the handing over the donations to the village Administration – the person in charge of the company pointed out that the outbreak of the Covid-19 disease has created difficulties for the lives of ordinary people. Seeing this difficulty, the company, which has been investing in Laos for more than 10 years, wanted to contribute to the socio-economic (Socialist) development of Laos society!