This photo taken on November 7, 2024 shows Vivat Kittiphongkosol, chairman of the economic advisory board of the Joint Development Bank (JDB), speaking to AFP about inflation in Laos, in Bangkok. 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. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP) / To go with 'LAOS-ECONOMY-INFLATION-DEBT,FOCUS' by Thanaporn Promyamyai and Damon Wake (Photo by LILLIAN SUWANRUMPHA/AFP via Getty Images)