Laos is heavily indebted to and economically dependent on China. Could Vietnam and Thailand offer a way out of its conundrum?

The Haze Monitoring Division of the Natural Resources and Environment Research Institute notes that Laos experiences severe air pollution every year during the dry season.

Sure, it’s a challenging trek, but once you’re standing on that summit marker – able to point to three different countries in one spin – you’ll realise that epic doesn’t even begin to describe it.