A report on Laos

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

Fa Ngum, founder of the Lan Xang Kingdom

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

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

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

Mekong River flowing through Luang Prabang

Laos map of Köppen climate classification.

Flag of the ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party

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

Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2016

A proportional representation of Laos exports, 2019

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

Rivers are an important means of transport in Laos.

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

National University of Laos in Vientiane.

Lao dancers during the New Year celebration

Wat Nong Sikhounmuang - buddhist pagoda in Luang Prabang.

Socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.

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

Vietnamese opera house, somewhere in Phu Yen, 1793

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Ethnolinguistic Groups of Mainland Southeast Asia

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.

A map of French Indochina. North and South Vietnam were divided north of the city of Hue and had different governments from 1954 until 1976 when the country was formally re-united.

Indochina refugee crisis

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South Vietnamese refugees arrive on a U.S. Navy vessel during Operation Frequent Wind.

The Philippine Refugee Processing Center became the temporary home of many Indochinese refugees en route to resettlement countries in the 1980s.

Refugee houses in Nong Samet camp in 1984. In the early days of the camp, refugees lived in tents or huts made of whatever material was available.

The Indochina refugee crisis was the large outflow of people from the former French colonies of Indochina, comprising the countries of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, after communist governments were established in 1975.

On the Laotian side, the mountains of the range reach the shores of the Mekong

Luang Prabang Range

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Bretschneidera sinensis (ชมพูภูคา Chompoo Phu Kha), a tree threatened by habitat loss that in Thailand is found only in this range

The Luang Prabang Range (ทิวเขาหลวงพระบาง, ), named after Luang Prabang, is a mountain range straddling northwestern Laos and Northern Thailand.

Thai highlands

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Mountainous natural region in the north of Thailand.

Doi Phu Chi Fa, Amphoe Wiang Kaen, Chiang Rai province.

Its mountain ranges are part of the system of hills extending through Laos, Burma, and China and linking to the Himalayas, of which they may be considered foothills.