Laos
Socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.
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Socialist state
Sovereign state constitutionally dedicated to the establishment of socialism.
Sovereign state constitutionally dedicated to the establishment of socialism.
Similarly, direct references to communism in the Lao People's Democratic Republic are not included in its founding documents, although it gives direct power to the governing ruling party, the Marxist–Leninist Lao People's Revolutionary Party.
Annamite Range
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.
Wat Tham Krabok
Buddhist temple (wat) in the Phra Phutthabat District of Saraburi Province, Thailand.
Buddhist temple (wat) in the Phra Phutthabat District of Saraburi Province, Thailand.
Most had fled Laos alleging that they were persecuted by the communist government that ruled Laos since 1975.
Thai people
Thai people (ชาวไทย; endonym), Central/Southern Thai people (คนภาคกลาง, ; exonym and also domestically) or Siamese (ชาวสยาม; historical exonym and sometimes domestically), Thai noi people (ไทยน้อย; historical endonym and sometimes domestically), in a narrow sense, are a Tai ethnic group dominant in Central and Southern Thailand (Siam proper).
Thai people (ชาวไทย; endonym), Central/Southern Thai people (คนภาคกลาง, ; exonym and also domestically) or Siamese (ชาวสยาม; historical exonym and sometimes domestically), Thai noi people (ไทยน้อย; historical endonym and sometimes domestically), in a narrow sense, are a Tai ethnic group dominant in Central and Southern Thailand (Siam proper).
About 51–57 million live in Thailand alone, while large communities can also be found in the United States, China, Laos, Taiwan, Malaysia, Singapore, Cambodia, Burma, South Korea, Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Libya, and the United Arab Emirates.
Nong Khai
City in northeast Thailand.
City in northeast Thailand.
Nong Khai lies on the Mekong River, near the site of the first Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge, spanning the river to Laos.
Communism
Far-left philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, namely a socioeconomic order based on the idea of common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange—allocating products to everyone in the society.
Far-left philosophical, social, political, and economic ideology and movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, namely a socioeconomic order based on the idea of common ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange—allocating products to everyone in the society.
As of 2022, states controlled by Marxist–Leninist parties under a single-party system include the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Cuba, the Lao People's Democratic Republic, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
Vietnamese boat people
Vietnamese boat people (Thuyền nhân Việt Nam), also known simply as boat people, refers to the refugees who fled Vietnam by boat and ship following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.
Vietnamese boat people (Thuyền nhân Việt Nam), also known simply as boat people, refers to the refugees who fled Vietnam by boat and ship following the end of the Vietnam War in 1975.
Within the same year, communist forces gained control of Cambodia and Laos, thus engendering a steady flow of refugees fleeing all three countries.
Thanaleng railway station
Thanaleng station, also known as Dongphosy station (Ban Dong Phosy in Lao), is a railway station in Dongphosy village, Hadxayfong District, Vientiane Prefecture, Laos.
Boten–Vientiane railway
The Boten–Vientiane railway (Lao Section of China-Laos Railway) is a 422 km electrified railway in Laos, running between the capital Vientiane and the town of Boten on the border with Yunnan, China.
Unexploded ordnance
Unexploded ordnance (UXO, sometimes abbreviated as UO), unexploded bombs (UXBs), and explosive remnants of war (ERW or ERoW) are explosive weapons (bombs, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, cluster munition, and other munitions) that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, sometimes many decades after they were used or discarded.
Unexploded ordnance (UXO, sometimes abbreviated as UO), unexploded bombs (UXBs), and explosive remnants of war (ERW or ERoW) are explosive weapons (bombs, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, cluster munition, and other munitions) that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, sometimes many decades after they were used or discarded.
Laos is considered the world's most heavily bombed nation per capita.