Lao News Agency

{{Infobox company

| name = Lao News Agency

| native_name = ຂ່າວສານປະເທດລາວ
Agence de presse lao

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| key_people = Sounthone Khanthavong

| type = State-owned news agency

| industry = News media

| foundation = {{Start date and age|1968|01|6|df=y}}

| location_country = Vientiane, Laos

| homepage = {{URL|http://kpl.gov.la}}

}}

Khaosan Pathet Lao ({{langx|lo|ຂ່າວສານປະເທດລາວ|translit=Khaosan Pathet Lao}}, KPL; {{langx|fr|Agence de presse lao}}), also known as the Lao News Agency in English, is the official news agency of the Laos Government and the ruling Communist Party. It was started as the news agency of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party on 6 January 1968 in Viengsay and later became the official news agency of Laos after the communists seized power in 1976.{{cite book|author=K. M. Shrivastava|title=News Agencies from Pigeon to Internet|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MHujEBLJcvIC&pg=PA212|year=2007|publisher=Sterling Publishers Pvt. Ltd|isbn=978-1-932705-67-6|pages=212–}} Its current General Director is Khampheuy Philapha.{{Cite news |author1=Phạm Tiếp |author2=Phúc Hằng |author3=Khiếu Tư |date=2023-07-24 |title=Thủ tướng: TTXVN và KPL tăng cường hợp tác, hỗ trợ đào tạo nhân lực |work=VietnamPlus |url=https://www.vietnamplus.vn/thu-tuong-ttxvn-va-kpl-tang-cuong-hop-tac-ho-tro-dao-tao-nhan-luc/881031.vnp |url-status=live |access-date=2023-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724143956/https://www.vietnamplus.vn/thu-tuong-ttxvn-va-kpl-tang-cuong-hop-tac-ho-tro-dao-tao-nhan-luc/881031.vnp |archive-date=2023-07-24}}{{Cite news |author=Hà Văn |date=2023-07-24 |title=Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính tiếp Tổng giám đốc Thông tấn xã Pathet Lào |work=Báo điện tử Chính phủ |url=https://baochinhphu.vn/thu-tuong-pham-minh-chinh-tiep-tong-giam-doc-thong-tan-xa-pathet-lao-102230724185452121.htm |url-status=live |access-date=2023-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724144119/https://baochinhphu.vn/thu-tuong-pham-minh-chinh-tiep-tong-giam-doc-thong-tan-xa-pathet-lao-102230724185452121.htm |archive-date=2023-07-24}}