A report on Laos
Socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.
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Thakhek
1 linksThakhek (Lao language: ທ່າແຂກ), the capital of Khammouane Province, is a town in south-central Laos on the Mekong River.
The Center for Public Policy Analysis
4 linksEstablished in Washington, D.C. in 1988 and describes itself as a non-profit, non-partisan, think tank and research organization.
Established in Washington, D.C. in 1988 and describes itself as a non-profit, non-partisan, think tank and research organization.
The organization is described as an "outspoken supporter" and human rights proponent for ethnic, minority Laotian and Hmong people in Laos and Vietnam.
Royal Lao Government in Exile
0 linksThe Royal Lao Government in Exile (RLGE) is a Laotian government in exile opposed to the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Hmong language
4 linksHmong / Mong (RPA: Hmoob, ; Nyiakeng Puachue: ; Pahawh:, ) is a dialect continuum of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmongic languages spoken by the Hmong people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Hainan, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos.
Greater Mekong Subregion
4 linksTrans-national region of the Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia.
Trans-national region of the Mekong River basin in Southeast Asia.
It came into being with the launch of a development program in 1992 by the Asian Development Bank that brought together the six Asian countries of Cambodia, China (specifically Yunnan Province and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region), Laos, Myanmar (Burma), Thailand, and Vietnam.
Wat Tham Krabok
4 linksBuddhist 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.
General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
3 linksGeneral Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party is the office of the highest-ranking member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and also typically the supreme leader of Laos.
Districts of Laos
1 linksLaos is divided into 17 provinces (Lao: ແຂວງ, khoueng) and 1 prefecture (kampheng nakhon), or capital city municipality (ນະຄອນຫລວງ, nakhon luang).
Lao script
5 linksLao script or Akson Lao (ອັກສອນລາວ ) is the primary script used to write the Lao language and other minority languages in Laos.
Laos–United States relations
0 linksRelations between Laos and the United States officially began when the United States opened a legation in Laos in 1950, when Laos was a semi-autonomous state within French Indochina.