A report on Southeast Asia, Laos and Vietnamese people

Motif of the Dongson Ngoc Lu drum (~300 BC)

Pha That Luang in Vientiane is the national symbol of Laos.

Megalithic statue found in Tegurwangi, Sumatra, Indonesia 1500 CE

Fa Ngum, founder of the Lan Xang Kingdom

Vietnamese opera house, somewhere in Phu Yen, 1793

The Austroasiatic and Austronesian expansions into Maritime Southeast Asia.

Local Lao soldiers in the French Colonial guard, c. 1900

Bronze drum from Sông Đà, northern Vietnam. Mid-1st millennium BC

French General Salan and Prince Sisavang Vatthana in Luang Prabang, 4 May 1953

Spread of Hinduism from South Asia to Southeast Asia

Ruins of Muang Khoun, former capital of Xiangkhouang province, destroyed by the American bombing of Laos in the late 1960s

Borobudur temple in Central Java, Indonesia

Mekong River flowing through Luang Prabang

Wapauwe Old Mosque is the oldest surviving mosque in Indonesia, and the second oldest in Southeast Asia, built in 1414

Vietnamese New Year parade, San Jose, California

Laos map of Köppen climate classification.

Congregation Of The Mother Coredemptrix in Carthage, Missouri

Flag of the ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party

Ethnolinguistic Groups of Mainland Southeast Asia

Fort Cornwallis in George Town marks the spot where the British East India Company first landed in Penang in 1786, thus heralding the British colonisation of Malaya

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ASEAN heads of state in New Delhi on 25 January 2018

Duit, a coin minted by the VOC, 1646–1667. 2 kas, 2 duit

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2016

Southeast Asia map of Köppen climate classification

A proportional representation of Laos exports, 2019

Komodo dragon in Komodo National Park, Indonesia

Near the sanctuary on the main upper level of Vat Phou, looking back towards the Mekong River

Wallace's hypothetical line divides Indonesian Archipelago into 2 types of fauna, Australasian and Southeast Asian fauna. The deepwater of the Lombok Strait between the islands of Bali and Lombok formed a water barrier even when lower sea levels linked the now-separated islands and landmasses on either side

Rivers are an important means of transport in Laos.

The Port of Singapore is the busiest transshipment and container port in the world, and is an important transportation and shipping hub in Southeast Asia

Pha That Luang in Vientiane. The Buddhist stupa that is a national symbol of Laos.

Along with its temples Cambodia has been promoting its coastal resorts. Island off Otres Beach Sihanoukville, Cambodia

Population distribution of the countries of Southeast Asia (with Indonesia split into its major islands).

National University of Laos in Vientiane.

Ati woman in Aklan – the Negritos were the earliest inhabitants of Southeast Asia.

Spirit houses are common in areas of Southeast Asia where Animism is a held belief.

The Mother Temple of Besakih, one of Bali's most significant Balinese Hindu temples.

Lao dancers during the New Year celebration

Thai Theravada Buddhists in Chiang Mai, Thailand.

The prayer hall of the Goddess of Mercy Temple, the oldest Taoist temple in Penang, Malaysia.

Wat Nong Sikhounmuang - buddhist pagoda in Luang Prabang.

Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque in Brunei, an Islamic country with Sharia rule.

Roman Catholic Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, the metropolitan see of the Archbishop of Manila, Philippines.

A Protestant church in Indonesia. Indonesia has the largest Protestant population in Southeast Asia.

Jewish Surabaya Synagogue in Indonesia, demolished in 2013.

The Royal Ballet of Cambodia (Paris, France 2010)

Angklung as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity

Thai manuscript from before the 19th-century writing system

Sign in Balinese and Latin script at a Hindu temple in Bali

The UN Statistics Division for Asia are based on convenience rather than implying any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories:
Central Asia
Eastern Asia
Northern Asia
South-eastern Asia
Southern Asia
Western Asia

Map showing the divergent plate boundaries (oceanic spreading ridges) and recent sub-aerial volcanoes (mostly at convergent boundaries), with a high density of volcanoes situated in Indonesia and the Philippines.

Bái Đính Temple in Ninh Bình Province – the largest complex of Buddhist temples in Vietnam

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.

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The Vietnamese people (người Việt) or Kinh people (người Kinh) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group originally native to modern-day Northern Vietnam and Southern China.

- Vietnamese people

Vietnam and Laos are some of the only countries in the world left that continue to follow the socialist or communist model.

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Another theory, based on linguistic diversity, locates the most probable homeland of the Vietic languages in modern-day Bolikhamsai Province and Khammouane Province in Laos as well as parts of Nghệ An Province and Quảng Bình Province in Vietnam.

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The Vietnamese launched a massive conquest against the Cham people during the 1471 Vietnamese invasion of Champa, ransacking and burning Champa, slaughtering thousands of Cham people, and forcibly assimilating them into Vietnamese culture.

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Some Vietnamese, Laotian Chinese and Thai minorities remain, particularly in the towns, but many left after independence in the late 1940s, many of whom relocated either to Vietnam, Hong Kong, or to France.

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Cambodia

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Glazed stoneware dating back to the 12th century

Khmer army going to war against the Cham, from a relief on the Bayon

Rooms of the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum contain thousands of photos taken by the Khmer Rouge of their victims.

Choeung Ek, a known site of mass grave for genocide victims during the Khmer Rouge era

Antigovernment protests in support of opposition party CNRP took place in Cambodia following the 2013 general election.

Köppen climate classification map of Cambodia

Macaques at Phnom Pros, Kampong Cham Province

Cambodian foreign minister Prak Sokhonn meets with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Washington, D.C., 13 May 2022.

Prime minister Hun Sen with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow, 19 May 2016.

Left to right: Senate President Say Chhum, National Assembly President Heng Samrin and Prime Minister Hun Sen, on Independence Day, 9 November 2019.

Cambodia's deputy opposition leader Kem Sokha (left) has been arrested in September 2017 while opposition leader Sam Rainsy (right) has lived in exile since November 2015

Real GPD per capita development of Cambodia

A proportional representation of Cambodia exports, 2019

The Cambodian position on the Human Development Index, 1970–2010

Farmers harvesting rice in Battambang Province

Every year, nearly 2.6 million tourists visit Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Cambodian couple wearing traditional wedding outfit (Sompot, Sbai, Chong Kben).

Pchum Ben, also known as "Ancestors Day", is an important religious festival celebrated by Khmer Buddhists.

Cambodian medical students watching a surgery operation

The Institute of Foreign Languages of the Royal University of Phnom Penh

The 19th-century illustration tale of Vorvong & Sorvong

Sinn Sisamouth, a famous Cambodian singer

Hun Sen and ASEAN leaders with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House during the U.S.–ASEAN Summit, 13 May 2022.

Cambodia (also Kampuchea ; កម្ពុជា, Kâmpŭchéa ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of 181035 km2, bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest.

Cambodia's minority groups include Vietnamese, Chinese, Chams and 30 hill tribes.

Vietnam

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The Grand Palais built for the 1902–1903 world's fair, when Hanoi was French Indochina's capital

Partition of French Indochina after the 1954 Geneva Conference

Three US Fairchild UC-123B aircraft spraying Agent Orange during the Operation Ranch Hand as part of a herbicidal warfare operation depriving the food and vegetation cover of the Việt Cộng, c. 1962–1971

Nature attractions in Vietnam, clockwise from top: Hạ Long Bay, Yến River and Bản-Giốc Waterfalls

Hoàng Liên Sơn mountain range, the range that includes Fansipan which is the highest summit on the Indochinese Peninsula.

Köppen climate classification map of Vietnam.

Nha Trang, a popular beach destination has a tropical savanna climate.

Native species in Vietnam, clockwise from top-right: crested argus, a peafowl, red-shanked douc, Indochinese leopard, saola.

Sa Pa mountain hills with agricultural activities

The National Assembly of Vietnam building in Hanoi

Examples of the Vietnam People's Armed Forces weaponry assets. Clockwise from top right: T-54B tank, Sukhoi Su-27UBK fighter aircraft, Vietnam Coast Guard Hamilton-class cutter, and Vietnam People's Army chemical corps with Type 56.

A Communist Party propaganda poster in Hanoi

Historical GDP per capita development of Vietnam

Vietnam's tallest skyscraper, the Landmark 81 located in Bình Thạnh, Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon).

A Vietnamese-made TOPIO 3.0 humanoid ping-pong-playing robot displayed during the 2009 International Robot Exhibition (IREX) in Tokyo.

Vietnamese science students working on an experiment in their university lab.

Hội An, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a major tourist destination.

HCMC–LT–DG section of the North–South Expressway.

Tan Son Nhat International Airport is the busiest airport in the country.

The port of Hai Phong is one of the largest and busiest container ports in Vietnam.

Sơn La Dam in northern Vietnam, the largest hydroelectric dam in Southeast Asia.

In rural areas of Vietnam, piped water systems are operated by a wide variety of institutions including a national organisation, people committees (local government), community groups, co-operatives and private companies.

Development of life expectancy in Vietnam since 1950

Vietnamese calligraphy in Latin alphabet.

Vietnamese traditional white school uniform for girls in the country, the áo dài with the addition of nón lá, a conical hat.

Vietnamese dragon on Emperor Khải Định's c. 1917 scroll in British Library collection.

Ca trù trio performance in northern Vietnam

Some of the notable Vietnamese cuisine, clockwise from top-right: phở noodle, chè thái fruit dessert, chả giò spring roll and bánh mì sandwich.

Vietnam Television (VTV), the main state television station

Special Tết decoration in the country seen during the holiday

Vietnam (Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of 311699 km2 and population of 96 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.

Vietnam borders China to the north, Laos and Cambodia to the west, and shares maritime borders with Thailand through the Gulf of Thailand, and the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia through the South China Sea.

The dominant Viet or Kinh ethnic group constitute 82,085,826 people or 85.32% of the population.