One Year Later: Lao Informal Workers and the Covid-19 Pandemic
Bing Phonkao, 39, informal worker and mother of four, lives in Vientiane Capital, Laos, with her husband and two youngest children. She moved to the capital five years ago in search of work, and after getting married she decided to relocate.
Pouluang Duanglatilath Keoduangdee, 28, is an informal worker living in Vientiane Capital, Laos, with his wife and two children. In 2006, he moved from his hometown in Sonlathburi, Savannakhet Province, to find work, leaving his parents and seven siblings to manage the family farm.