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Two 19-year-old women fell ill while on a backpacking trip in Laos, according to a report from an Australian media outlet.

The country’s public debt is unsustainable, while inflation sits at 25 percent and the kip continues its freefall.

Goal! Thailand 1, Laos 1. Bounphachan Bounkong (Laos) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kydavone Souvanny. Worachit Kanitsribumphen (Thailand) hits the bar ...

Suffocating under a mountain of debt to China, communist Laos is struggling to tame rampant inflation, with food prices rising so sharply that a growing number of households are resorting to foraging.

Suffocating under a mountain of debt to China, communist Laos is struggling to tame rampant inflation, with food prices rising so sharply that a growing number of households are resorting to foraging.

Picture: Facebook The teenagers had been holidaying as part of a group and were staying at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in Vang Vieng, a popular tourist town about 130km north of Laos capital Vientiane.

VIENTIANE: Suffocating under a mountain of debt to China, communist Laos is struggling to tame rampant inflation, with food prices rising so sharply that a growing number of households are ...