Southern Laos Economic Push: Lao PM Sonexay Siphandone chaired a review for Champasak, Salavan, Sekong and Attapeu, urging faster economic transformation through tech-modern agriculture, value-added processing, clean energy, and better logistics like ports, warehouses and cold storage to boost trade and transit. Digital Heritage in Practice: Global experts met at the WIC forum in Xi’an to discuss how digital and intelligent tools can preserve and transmit cultural heritage, with a new case collection released covering 45 projects across 13 countries. Cross-border Tech for Laos–China Cooperation: Guangxi-aided Laos poverty reduction in agriculture completed a two-year phase, handing over results and moving into long-term operation, with both sides highlighting infrastructure and living-standard gains. Anti-Scam Tech and Enforcement: Cambodia’s PM Hun Manet pledged tougher action against transnational online scam networks, warning syndicates are adapting into smaller decentralized cells—while broader regional reporting points to the growing role of digital platforms in recruitment and fraud. AI Governance Moves: China used WAIC to call for AI cooperation among developing countries, offering training opportunities and pushing a more open, shared approach to narrow the AI gap. Laos Wildlife Crackdown Pressure: New reporting says illegal wildlife shopping sites tied to Chinese tour packages in Luang Prabang and Vientiane are persisting and expanding despite seizures and enforcement. Connectivity Upgrade: China Unicom-backed submarine cable SHV-HK is set to expand high-speed internet links across Cambodia and into Hong Kong, strengthening regional data infrastructure. Health Watch: A new focus on drug-resistant gonorrhea highlights the need for better diagnostics, resistance testing and tailored treatment as cure options shrink. Science Spotlight: Researchers named a new rove beetle genus “Luffy,” including a species collected in northern Laos, using distinctive anatomy to link taxonomy with popular culture.