{"threatLevel": "Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution", "description": "
Reissued with obsolete COVID-19 page links removed.
\nExercise increased caution to Laos due to civil unrest. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory.
\nReconsider travel to:
\nExercise increased caution in:
\nRead the country information page for additional information on travel to Laos.
\nIf you decide to travel to Laos:
\nXaisomboun Province – Level 3: Reconsider Travel
\nThere is a continued threat of violence in Xaisomboun Province.
\nThe U.S. government has limited ability to provide emergency services to U.S. citizens in Xiasomboun Province as U.S. government employees must obtain special authorization to travel there.
\nVisit our website for Travel to High-Risk Areas.
\nAreas on the Border with Burma – Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
\nBandits, drug traffickers, and other people pursuing illegal activities operate in these areas, as do armed groups opposed to the Burmese government.
\nAreas of Savannakhet, Xieng Khouang, Saravane, Khammouane, Sekong, Champassak, Houaphan, Attapeu, Luang Prabang, and Vientiane provinces, as well as along Route 7 – Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution
\nThere are large numbers of unexploded bombs in these areas left over from the Indochina War.
", "pubDate": "Mon, 24 Jul 2023", "country": "Laos"}