Readers can hardly find women and gender stories on widely read daily newspapers such as the English-language ‘Vientiane Times’ and Lao-langue ‘Vientiane Mai’ (New Vientiane) and ‘Paxason’ (The People’). Apart from the women’s information department of the Lao Women’s Union (LWU), most media organisations do not have a section or page for women and gender stories.
Most media organisations in Laos are state-run and fall under the Ministry of Information and Culture. The state runs 11 daily newspapers and newsletters while 64 magazines are run both by government and private companies.