But one noon last week civil war broke in the administrative capital of Vientiane, the City of Sandalwood. Tanks rolled through the streets firing in all directions. Mortar shells thudded down on ...

Two Australians, two Danes, an American, and a Briton have died following a night out in Vang Vieng, a small town north of the capital of Vientiane. About a dozen foreigners had to be rushed to ...