A report on Laos
Socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.
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East Asia Summit
2 linksRegional forum held annually by leaders of, initially, 16 countries in the East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian and Oceanian regions, based on the ASEAN Plus Six mechanism.
Regional forum held annually by leaders of, initially, 16 countries in the East Asian, Southeast Asian, South Asian and Oceanian regions, based on the ASEAN Plus Six mechanism.
The decision to hold the EAS was reached during the 2004 ASEAN Plus Three summit and the initial 16 members determined at the ASEAN Plus Three Ministerial Meeting held in Laos at the end of July 2005.
Annam (French protectorate)
4 linksFrench protectorate encompassing Central Vietnam.
French protectorate encompassing Central Vietnam.
The name has also been applied to the Annamite Range (la Chaîne Annamitique), a 1100 km mountain range with a height ranging up to 2958 m that divides Vietnam and Laos.
Tam Pa Ling Cave
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Tam Pa Ling (Cave of the Monkeys) is a cave in the Annamite Mountains in north-eastern Laos.
Army of the Republic of Vietnam
4 linksThe Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) were the ground forces of the South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April 1975.
The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN; ; Armée de la république du Viêt Nam) were the ground forces of the South Vietnamese military from its inception in 1955 to the Fall of Saigon in April 1975.
After the 1954 Geneva agreements, French Indochina ceased to exist and by 1956 all French Union troops had withdrawn from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
Pha That Luang
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Pha That Luang (ທາດຫຼວງ or ພຣະທາດຫລວງ; 'Great Stupa') is a gold-covered large Buddhist stupa in the centre of the city of Vientiane, Laos.
Samsenethai
1 linksSamsenethai(ສາມແສນໄທ) also called Oun Huan(ອຸ່ນເຮືອນ) was the second king of Lan Xang in Laos.
Eastern Bloc
4 linksThe group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America under the influence of the Soviet Union that existed during the Cold War .
The group of socialist states of Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Africa and Latin America under the influence of the Soviet Union that existed during the Cold War .
In Asia, the Soviet Bloc comprised the Mongolian People's Republic, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, the People's Republic of Kampuchea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China.
Nan province
1 linksOne of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat) lies in upper northern Thailand.
One of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (changwat) lies in upper northern Thailand.
To the north and east it borders Sainyabuli of Laos.
Landlocked country
0 linksCountry that does not have territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie on endorheic basins.
Country that does not have territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie on endorheic basins.
The Mekong is an international waterway so that landlocked Laos has access to the South China Sea (since Laos became independent from French Indochina). However, it is not navigable above the Khone Phapheng Falls.