WITH a looming debt crunch, Laos is facing the risk of being the next in Asia to possibly default.
The country’s cash reserves have plummeted, according to wire reports and there is a serious shortage of fuel amid surging inflation – the same pressures that pushed Sri Lanka to default last month and which threatened Pakistan’s balance of payments.
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