A report on Laos
Socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.
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Pakse
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Pakse (or Pakxe; French: Paksé; Laotian: ປາກເຊ 'mouth of the river'; ปากเซ) is the capital and most populous city of the southern Laotian province of Champasak, and the second most populous city in Laos.
Annamite Range
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The Annamite Range or the Annamese Mountains (Chaîne annamitique; ພູ ຫລວງ Phou Luang; Dãy (núi) Trường Sơn) is a major mountain range of eastern Indochina, extending approximately 1100 km through Laos, Vietnam, and a small area in northeast Cambodia.
Xiangkhouang
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Xiangkhouang (Lao: ຊຽງຂວາງ, meaning 'Horizontal City') is a province of Laos on the Xiangkhoang Plateau, in the nation's northeast.
ASEAN
7 linksPolitical and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, military, educational, and sociocultural integration between its members and countries in Asia-Pacific.
Political and economic union of 10 member states in Southeast Asia, which promotes intergovernmental cooperation and facilitates economic, political, security, military, educational, and sociocultural integration between its members and countries in Asia-Pacific.
Laos and Myanmar (formerly Burma) joined two years later on 23 July 1997.
Sisavang Vatthana
5 linksThe last king of the Kingdom of Laos and the 6th Prime Minister of Laos serving from 29 October to 21 November 1951.
The last king of the Kingdom of Laos and the 6th Prime Minister of Laos serving from 29 October to 21 November 1951.
His rule ended with the takeover by the Pathet Lao in 1975, after which he and his family were sent to a re-education camp by the new government.
Vang Pao
8 linksMajor general in the Royal Lao Army.
Major general in the Royal Lao Army.
Vang, an ethnic Hmong, was born on 8 December 1929, in a Hmong village named Nonghet, located in Central Xiangkhuang Province, in the northeastern region of Laos, where his father, Neng Chu Vang, was a county leader.
Kaysone Phomvihane
6 linksThe first leader of the Communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 until his death in 1992.
The first leader of the Communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 until his death in 1992.
He served as the first Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic from 1975 to 1991 and then as the second President from 1991 to 1992.
Royal Lao Army
4 linksThe Land Component of the Royal Lao Armed Forces (FAR), the official military of the Kingdom of Laos during the North Vietnamese invasion of Laos and the Laotian Civil War between 1960 and 1975.
The Land Component of the Royal Lao Armed Forces (FAR), the official military of the Kingdom of Laos during the North Vietnamese invasion of Laos and the Laotian Civil War between 1960 and 1975.
Intended to be used on internal security operations to bolster the local colonial constabulary force, the "Indigenous Guard" (Garde Indigène), the 1er BCL did not see much action until after March 9, 1945, when the Japanese Imperial Army forcibly seized control of French Indochina from France, including Laos.
French colonial empire
5 linksThe French colonial empire (Empire colonial français) comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward.
The French colonial empire (Empire colonial français) comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward.
![The gradual loss of all Vichy territory to Free France and the Allies by 1943. [[:File:Vichy france map.png|Legend.]]](https://hyperleap.com/images/d1682124e3a4f760840df1d8e6addc15/200-66862ad25614d4983d43657553f29685.png)
The Thai king granted authority over Cambodia to France, in exchange for two provinces of Laos, which were ceded by Cambodia to Thailand.
Tai languages
1 linksThe Tai or Zhuang–Tai languages (ภาษาไท or ภาษาไต, transliteration: or ), are a branch of the Kra–Dai language family.
The Tai or Zhuang–Tai languages (ภาษาไท or ภาษาไต, transliteration: or ), are a branch of the Kra–Dai language family.
The Tai languages include the most widely spoken of the Tai–Kadai languages, including Standard Thai or Siamese, the national language of Thailand; Lao or Laotian, the national language of Laos; Myanmar's Shan language; and Zhuang, a major language in the Southern Chinese province of Guangxi.