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Suffocating under a mountain of debt to China, communist Laos is struggling to tame rampant inflation, with food prices rising so sharply that a growing number of households are resorting to foraging.

Suffocating under a mountain of debt to China, communist Laos is struggling to tame rampant inflation, with food prices rising so sharply that a growing number of households are resorting to foraging.

Picture: Facebook The teenagers had been holidaying as part of a group and were staying at the Nana Backpacker Hostel in Vang Vieng, a popular tourist town about 130km north of Laos capital Vientiane.