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Laos

Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...

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Laos

• Laos
  Laos
  Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
  
  
• Military of Laos
  Military of Laos
  The Lao People's Army is the name of the armed forces of Laos, who are charged with protecting the country. Until 1975, the Royal Laos Army were the armed forces of the Laos, along with the Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force and the Lao People's Navy....
  
  
• International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos
  International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos
  The International Agreement on the Neutrality of Laos is an international agreement signed in Geneva on July 23, 1962 between 14 states and Laos...
  
  
• Talat Sao
  Talat Sao
  Talat Sao is a morning market in Vientiane, Laos.Located at the eastern corner of Lan Xang Rd. and Khu Vieng Rd. in the heart of Vientiane, the morning market is open daily from 07:00 until around 16:00. The market is two-storey and covered by several sloping roofs. It is a popular tourist...
  
  

Overview

• Laos Cultural Profile (Ministry of Information and Culture/Visiting Arts)

Specific buildings and structures

• Patuxay
  Patuxay
  Patuxai is a war monument in the centre of Vientiane, Laos, which was built between 1957 and 1968. Patuxai is dedicated to those who fought in the struggle for independence from France...
  
  
• Pha That Luang
  Pha That Luang
  Pha That Luang is a gold-covered large Buddhist stupa in the centre of Vientiane, Laos. Since its initial establishment suggested to be in the 3rd century, the stupa has undergone several reconstructions until the 1930s due to foreign invasions to the area...
  
  
• Reservoirs and dams in Laos
  Reservoirs and dams in Laos
  Hydro-electric power is one of the few significant resources in Laos with an estimated potential of 18000MW.All existing and potential dams are on tributaries of Laos's main river, the Mekong. The country's earliest major dam is on the Ngum river near Vientiane providing 150MW mainly for domestic...
  
  
• Xieng Keo
  Xieng Keo
  Xieng Keo is a former residence of Prince Phetsarath in Louang Phrabang, Laos. In January 2002, it changed into a hotel. The location was originally chosen by the prince for its stunning views of the Mekong River and the surrounding mountain peaks....
  
  

Airports in Laos

• Luang Prabang International Airport
  Luang Prabang International Airport
  -Extension:In 2011 extension of the Airport runway will start. After planned completion in 2013 the airport will be capable of accommodating all large-sized aircraft except the Airbus A380.-External links:*...
  
  
• Savannakhet Airport
  Savannakhet Airport
  Savannakhet Airport is an airport near Savannakhet, Laos.-Overview:This airport is now served by Lao Airlines as an intermediate stop in its thrice weekly Pakse-Bangkok service,which commenced at the start of the winter 2008-2009 timetable.The aircraft used on this service is the Chinese built...
  
  
• Wattay International Airport
  Wattay International Airport
  -Ground transportation:Access to airport by taxi, car and tuk-tuk. A taxi rank is located outside the main arrival hall.-Accidents and incidents:*On 24 March 1976, Douglas C-47A XW-TAF and C-47Bs XW-TDF and XW-TDR or Royal Air Lao were damaged beyond economic repair in a storm.-External links:* *...
  
  

Buddhist temples in Laos

• Wat Manorom
  Wat Manorom
  Wat Manorom is a major Buddhist temple and monastery in Luang Prabang, Laos. There are several theories as to the date of its founding; it may have been founded in 1372 or 1375 by Samsenthai, but it may also date from the reign of Laasaenthai Bouvanaat around 1492. The great bronze Buddha, 6...
  
  
• Pha That Luang
  Pha That Luang
  Pha That Luang is a gold-covered large Buddhist stupa in the centre of Vientiane, Laos. Since its initial establishment suggested to be in the 3rd century, the stupa has undergone several reconstructions until the 1930s due to foreign invasions to the area...
  
  
• Wat Phou
• Wat Si Saket
  Wat Si Saket
  Wat Si Saket is a Buddhist wat in Vientiane, Laos. It is situated on Lan Xang Road, on the corner with Setthathirat Road, to the northwest of Haw Phra Kaew, which formerly held the Emerald Buddha.-Overview:...
  
  
• Wat Xieng Thong
  Wat Xieng Thong
  Wat Xieng Thong is a Buddhist temple , located on the northern tip of the peninsula of Luang Phrabang, Laos.-History:It was built in 1560 by King Setthathirath and was under royal patronage during the Kingdom of Laos. Like the royal palace, the wat was placed near the mekong. In 1880, the Tripitaka...
  
  

Cities in Laos

• List of cities in Laos
• Ban Houayxay
  Ban Houayxay
  Ban Houayxay is the capital of the Lao province of Bokèo, on the border with Thailand....
  
  
• Champasak (town)
  Champasak (town)
  Champasak is a small town in southern Laos, on the west bank of the Mekong River about 40 km south of Pakxe, the capital of Champasak Province....
  
  
• Louang Namtha
  Louang Namtha
  Louang Namtha or Luang Nam Tha is a town and the capital of Louang Namtha Province in northern Laos. The city lies on the Tha River .Luang Namtha is the largest settlement in Laos north of Luang Prabang...
  
  
• Luang Prabang
  Luang Prabang
  Luang Prabang, or Louangphrabang , is a city located in north central Laos, where the Nam Khan river meets the Mekong River about north of Vientiane. It is the capital of Luang Prabang Province...
  
  
• Muang Xay
  Muang Xay
  Muang Xay is a capital city of Oudomxai Province, Laos. It is located at around . The town is served by the Oudomsay Airport.-Naming:...
  
  
• Pakxe
  Pakxe
  Pakxe or Pakse is a city of 70,000 in southern Laos, situated at the confluence of the Xedone and Mekong Rivers. It is the largest city in Champasak province and its capital. It is served by Pakse International Airport and is the gateway to the Bolaven Plateau...
  
  
• Phongsali
  Phongsali
  Phongsali or Phongsaly is the capital of Phongsali Province, Laos. It is the northernmost among provincial capitals in Laos opposite Attapeu in the south. The town has about 6,000 inhabitants and is located at approximately 1430 meters on the slopes of Mount Phu Fa . Phongsali has pleasant summer...
  
  
• Phonsavan
  Phonsavan
  Phonsavan is the new capital of Xieng Khouang Province, Laos. The name stands for "hills of paradise".Phonsavan is the provincial capital of Xieng Khouang province. The countryside is soon dominated by green hills and pine forests. Villages consist of colourful wooden houses...
  
  
• Salavan (city)
  Salavan (city)
  The city of Salavan is the capital of the Salavan Province in southern Laos. Located 125km away, from Pakse on a partially paved road, it is located in one of the most isolated parts of Laos.-Geography:...
  
  
• Sam Neua
  Sam Neua
  Xam Neua is the capital city of Houaphan Province, Laos, located in the northeast of the country. Xam Neua is one of the country's least visited provincial capitals by Western tourists.-Demographics:Residents are mostly Lao, Vietnamese and Hmong, along with some Tai Dam, Tai Daeng and Tai Lu...
  
  
• Savannakhet (city)
• Thakhek
  Thakhek
  Thakhek is a town in south-central Laos on the Mekong River and facing Nakhon Phanom across the river in northeastern Thailand. It is the capital of Khammouane province....
  
  
• Vang Vieng
  Vang Vieng
  Vang Vieng is a tourism-oriented town in Laos, located in Vientiane Province about four hours bus ride north of the capital. The town lies on the Nam Song river. The most notable feature of the area is the karst hill landscape surrounding the town.-History:...
  
  
• Vientiane
  Vientiane
  -Geography:Vientiane is situated on a bend of the Mekong river, which forms the border with Thailand at this point.-Climate:Vientiane features a tropical wet and dry climate with a distinct monsoon season and a dry season. Vientiane’s dry season spans from November through March. April marks the...
  
  
• Xaignabouli
  Xaignabouli
  Sainyabuli, Xaignabouli or Xayaboury is the capital of Sainyabuli Province, Laos. It lies along Route 4 which along with Route 13 connects it to Luang Prabang, roughly 80 kilometres northeast by road and to the Thai border in the southwest. A passport control point is located in the area...
  
  

Laotian culture

• Culture of Laos
  Culture of Laos
  Laos has its own distinct culture. Through Theravada Buddhism it has influences from India and has also influences from China. These influences are reflected throughout Laos in its language as well as in art, literature and the performing arts....
  
  
• Coat of arms of Laos
  Coat of arms of Laos
  The national emblem of Laos shows the national shrine Pha That Luang. A dam is pictured which as a symbol of power generation at the reservoir Nam Ngun, an asphalt street is also pictured, as well as a stylized watered field. In the lower part is a section of a gear wheel...
  
  
• Cuisine of Laos
  Cuisine of Laos
  Lao cuisine is the cuisine of Laos, which is distinct from other Southeast Asian cuisines. Laos shares borders with neighboring countries and as a result, Lao cuisine has strongly influenced the neighboring cuisine of Northeastern Thailand and some Lao culinary influences have also reached...
  
  
• Dance and theater of Laos
  Dance and theater of Laos
  The Dance and theatre of Laos is the primary dramatic art form of Laos' majority ethnic group, the Lao people. It is shared with the ethnic Lao that inhabit the Isan region of Thailand as well. There are mainly two types of dances , the classical dances performed in the royal courts and the folk...
  
  
• Festivals of Laos
  Festivals of Laos
  - Notable festivals :*Vixakha Bouxa*Boun Bang Fay*Pi Mai Lao*Ok Phansa*Lao Independence Day*Tren Mat Dat-External links:*...
  
  
• Flag of Laos
  Flag of Laos
  The flag of Laos was adopted on December 2, 1975. The flag had previously been used by the short-lived Lao Issara government of 1945-46, then by the Pathet Lao.-Description and symbolism:...
  
  
• Lao alphabet
  Lao alphabet
  The Lao alphabet, Aksone Lao , is the main script used to write the Lao language and other minority languages in Laos. It is ultimately of Indic origin, the alphabet includes 27 consonants , 7 consonantal ligatures , 33 vowels , and 4 tone marks...
  
  
• Pheng Xat Lao
  Pheng Xat Lao
  "Pheng Xat Lao" is the national anthem of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. It was composed by Dr. Tongdee Soontornwijit in 1941 and adopted as the national anthem of the Kingdom of Laos in 1947...
  
  
• Phra Lak Phra Lam
  Phra Lak Phra Lam
  Phra Lak Phra Lam is the national epic of the Lao people, and is adapted from Valmiki's Hindu epic, the Ramayana. Similar to some Malay versions of the Hikayat Seri Rama, the epic has lost the association with Hinduism and is instead considered a Jataka Story, a previous lifetime of the Buddha...
  
  
• Saksit
  Saksit
  Saksit is a term for supernatural powers used in Laos and Thailand. The belief in such powers originates in the animistic religion which existed before the Buddhism was adopted and merged into the traditional religion.-External links:*...
  
  
• Scouting in Laos
  Scouting in Laos
  At the present time, there is no known Scouting program in Laos, one of only five of the world's independent countries that do not have Scouting.In the 1930s, André Lefèvre, chief of the Eclaireurs de France, set up a training camp for 60 Scoutmasters from all over French Indochina...
  
  
• Vixakha Bouxa
  Vixakha Bouxa
  The Vixakha Bouxa festival is the Lao version of the Thai Visakha Puja, which it closely resembles. It commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha, which are all said to have happened on the same date. It is held around the month of May or Vesak, based on the lunar calendar...
  
  

Lao cuisine

• Beerlao
  Beerlao
  Beerlao is the name of a range of beers produced by the Lao Brewery Company of Vientiane, Laos.- Beerlao :...
  
  
• Cuisine of Laos
  Cuisine of Laos
  Lao cuisine is the cuisine of Laos, which is distinct from other Southeast Asian cuisines. Laos shares borders with neighboring countries and as a result, Lao cuisine has strongly influenced the neighboring cuisine of Northeastern Thailand and some Lao culinary influences have also reached...
  
  
• Glutinous rice
  Glutinous rice
  Glutinous rice is a type of short-grained Asian rice that is especially sticky when cooked. It is called glutinous Glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa or Oryza glutinosa; also called sticky rice, sweet rice, waxy rice, botan rice, biroin chal, mochi rice, and pearl rice, and pulut) is a...
  
  
• Kaffir lime
  Kaffir lime
  The kaffir lime, Citrus × hystrix, Rutaceae), is also known as combava, kieffer lime, limau purut, jeruk purut or makrut lime,...
  
  
• Larb
  Larb
  Larb is a type of Laotian and Isan meat salad that is regarded as the national dish of Laos. Larb is a creation of the Lao people, with 20 million living in the Isan region of Thailand, and 4.5 million in Laos. Larb originated in Laos and is one of the most famous dishes from Laos...
  
  
• Padek
• Tam mark hung

Languages of Laos

• Bahnaric languages
  Bahnaric languages
  The Bahnaric languages are a group of about thirty Mon–Khmer languages spoken by about 700,000 people in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Paul Sidwell notes that Austroasiatic/Mon–Khmer languages are lexically more similar to Bahnaric and Katuic the closer they are geographically, independently of...
  
  
• Halang language
  Halang language
  Halang, also known as Salang, is a Bahnaric language of the Mon–Khmer branch of the Austroasiatic language family. It is spoken in the southern Laotian province of Attapu by approximately 4000 people and in the neighboring Kon Tum Province of Vietnam by approximately 13,500 people .In more specific...
  
  
• Hmong language
  Hmong language
  Hmong or Mong is the common name for a dialect continuum of the West Hmongic branch of the Hmong–Mien/Miao–Yao language family spoken by the Hmong people of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangxi, northern Vietnam, Thailand, and Laos...
  
  
• Katuic languages
  Katuic languages
  The fifteen Katuic languages form a branch of the Austroasiatic languages spoken by about 1.3 million people in Southeast Asia. People who speak Katuic languages are called the Katuic peoples. Paul Sidwell is the leading specialist on the Katuic languages...
  
  
• Khmu language
  Khmu language
  Khmu is the language of the Khmu people of the northern Laos region. It is also spoken in adjacent areas of Vietnam, Thailand and China. Khmu lends its name to the Khmuic branch of the Austro-Asiatic language family, which also includes Khmer and Vietnamese. Within Austro-Asiatic, Khmu is often...
  
  
• Kuy language
  Kuy language
  Kuy language is a Katuic language, part of the larger Austroasiatic family.Kuy is one of the more important languages of the Mon–Khmer family...
  
  
• Lao French
  Lao French
  French is spoken by a significant minority in Laos. Laos is the second largest Francophone nation in Asia, the others being Vietnam and Cambodia...
  
  
• Lao language
  Lao language
  Lao or Laotian is a tonal language of the Tai–Kadai language family. It is the official language of Laos, and also spoken in the northeast of Thailand, where it is usually referred to as the Isan language. Being the primary language of the Lao people, Lao is also an important second language for...
  
  
• Mlabri
  Mlabri
  The Mlabri or Mrabri are an ethnic group of Thailand and Laos, and have been called "the most interesting and least understood people in Southeast Asia". Only about 300 or fewer Mlabris remain in the world today, with some estimates as low as 100. A hill tribe in northern Thailand along the border...
  
  
• Northern Thai language
  Northern Thai language
  Northern Thai, Lanna, or Kham Mueang is the language of the Thai Yuan people of Lannathai, Thailand. It is a Tai language, closely related to Thai and Lao...
  
  
• Romanization of Lao
• Saek language
  Saek language
  Saek is a Tai language spoken in at least ten villages in Khammouane Province, Laos, and at least four villages in Nakhon Phanom Province in northeastern Thailand, just across the Mekong River...
  
  
• Sedang language
  Sedang language
  Sedang is an Austro-Asiatic language spoken in eastern Laos and the Kon Tum Province in south central Vietnam. The Sedang language is the most populous of the North Bahnaric language group, which are known for their range of vowel phonations.-Consonants:...
  
  
• Tai Dam language
  Tai Dam language
  Tai Dam Black Tai is a Tai language spoken by the Tai Dam in Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and China . It is called ภาษาไทดำ "Black Tai language" in Thai and Dǎidānyǔ 傣担语 in Chinese....
  
  
• Tai Lü language
  Tai Lü language
  Tai Lü is a language spoken by about 670,000 people in South East Asia. This includes 250,000 people in China, 200,000 in Burma, 134,000 in Thailand, and 5,000 in Vietnam...
  
  
• Tua Tham
  Tua Tham
  Tua Tham or Akson Tham or Tua Mueang is a Mon-derived script used in Isan and Northern Thailand, as well as Laos. It was originally used for the writing of religious texts, and was an important medium of education when monks were in charge of education in these areas.The script was introduced to...
  
  

Lam

• Banyen Rakgan
  Banyen Rakgan
  Banyen Rakkaen is a Thai mor lam and Thai luk thung singer. She was born on October 14, 1952 to an Isan family in Ubon Ratchathani province in the Isan region of Northeast Thailand.She is a student of Ajarn Chawiwan Damnoen....
  
  
• Christy Gibson
  Christy Gibson
  Christy Gibson is a Dutch singer of mor lam and luk thung prayuk, which are traditional styles of music in Thailand.-Biography:Gibson's family moved to Thailand when she was six years old...
  
  
• Jintara Poonlarp
  Jintara Poonlarp
  Jintara Poonlarp is a Thai mor lam, luk thung and pop music singer. She is one of the most popular and prolific of the artists in the mor lam and luk thung genres, having released 40 original albums as well as many compilations...
  
  
• Khene
  Khene
  The khene is a mouth organ of Lao origin whose pipes, which are usually made of bamboo, are connected with a small, hollowed-out hardwood reservoir into which air is blown, creating a sound similar to that of the violin...
  
  
• Mor lam
  Mor lam
  Mor lam is a traditional Lao form of song in Laos and Isan.Mor lam means expert song, or expert singer, referring to the music or artist respectively. Other romanisations used include mo lam, maw lam, maw lum, moh lam and mhor lum...
  
  
• Mor lam sing
  Mor lam sing
  Mor lam sing is a fast-paced, racy, modernized version of the traditional Lao/Isan song form mor lam. Sing comes from the English word "racing"...
  
  
• Siriporn Ampaipong
  Siriporn Ampaipong
  Siriporn Ampaipong is a mor lam and luk thung singer from the Isan region of Thailand....
  
  

Schools in Laos

• Vientiane International School
  Vientiane International School
  Vientiane International School is an International Baccalaureate World School in Vientiane, Laos, established in 1991. Having moved into a new purpose built facility in August 2008, VIS now has an enrollment of approximately 380 students from Preschool through to Grade 12. The campus is open and...
  
  
• Sharon English School
• The Sai Nyai Eco-School

Universities and colleges in Laos

• National University of Laos
  National University of Laos
  National University of Laos is the leading university in Vientiane, the capital of Laos. Founded in 1996, with departments brought in from other existing colleges, it is the only national university in the country. NUOL accepts top students from Laos with few international students...
  
  
• Sisavangvong University
  Sisavangvong University
  Sisavangvong University was a university in Vientiane, Laos, established in 1958 and named after King Sisavangvong. Following the exodus of teaching staff in 1975 when the communists came to power in Laos, Sisavangvong University was dissolved and carved up into separate colleges, leaving the...
  
  
• Soutsaka College of Management and Technology

Fauna of Laos

Geography of Laos

• Geography of Laos
  Geography of Laos
  Laos is a landlocked nation in Southeast Asia, northeast of Thailand, west of Vietnam, that covers 236,800 square kilometers in the center of the Southeast Asian peninsula, is surrounded by Burma , Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, Thailand, and Vietnam...
  
  
• Demographics of Laos
  Demographics of Laos
  This article is about the demographic features of the population of Laos, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....
  
  
• ISO 3166-2:LA
  ISO 3166-2:LA
  ISO 3166-2:LA is the entry for Laos in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.Currently for Laos, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined...
  
  
• Khong Island
  Khong Island
  Khong Island or Don Khong is the main island of the Si Phan Don riverine archipelago located in the Mekong River, Khong district, Champasak Province, southern Laos.The island is long , and at its widest point...
  
  
• Reservoirs and dams in Laos
  Reservoirs and dams in Laos
  Hydro-electric power is one of the few significant resources in Laos with an estimated potential of 18000MW.All existing and potential dams are on tributaries of Laos's main river, the Mekong. The country's earliest major dam is on the Ngum river near Vientiane providing 150MW mainly for domestic...
  
  
• Xiangkhoang Plateau
  Xiangkhoang Plateau
  The Xiangkhouang Plateau or Tran Ninh Plateau is a plateau in the north of Laos. The landscape is characterized by green mountains, rugged karst formations and verdant valleys with plenty of rivers, caves and waterfalls. The highest peaks of the plateau are between 2000 and 2800 meters high...
  
  

Rivers of Laos

• Ca River
  Ca River
  The Cả River is a river in mainland Southeast Asia. It originates in the Loi Mountains of Laos, crossing Lao PDR's Xiangkhouang Province, Vietnam’s Nghệ An and Ha Tinh provinces and empties into the Gulf of Tonkin, on the North Central Coast of Vietnam, after a 612 km journey....
  
  
• Kong River
• Ma River
  Ma River
  The Ma River is a river in Asia, originating in northwestern Vietnam. It runs for 400 km through Vietnam, Laos, and then back through Vietnam, meeting the sea at the Gulf of Tonkin....
  
  
• Mekong
  Mekong
  The Mekong is a river that runs through China, Burma, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. It is the world's 10th-longest river and the 7th-longest in Asia. Its estimated length is , and it drains an area of , discharging of water annually....
  
  
• Nam Ou
  Nam Ou
  The Nam Ou is one of the most important rivers of Laos. It runs 448 km from Phongsaly Province to Luang Prabang Province. Along with the Mekong, the Nam Ou is the only natural channel suitable for large-draft boat transportation. Near its confluence with the Mekong are the Pak Ou Caves,...
  
  
• Nam Song River
  Nam Song River
  The Nam Song River is a small river in Laos that flows through the town of Vang Vieng. It is a popular tourist destination as many people enjoy seeing the Laotian countryside while going down the river in the inner tube of a tractor tyre or in a kayak. The river is surrounded by striking karst rock...
  
  
• Tha River
  Tha River
  The Tha River ' is a river in northwest Laos, and one of the 12 tributaries on the Mekong River. It gave its name to the town of Luang Namtha and the province of the same name....
  
  

Government of Laos

• Foreign relations of Laos
  Foreign relations of Laos
  The foreign relations of Laos, after the takeover by the Pathet Lao in December 1975, were characterized by a hostile posture toward the West, with the government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic aligning itself with the Soviet bloc, maintaining close ties with the Soviet Union and depending...
  
  
• Human rights in Laos
  Human rights in Laos
  The situation of human rights in Laos has often been and remains being recognized as a cause for concern.The Constitution that was promulgated in 1991 contains most key safeguards for human rights. For example, in Article 8 it makes it clear that Laos is a multiethnic state and is committed to...
  
  
• Ministry of Security
  Ministry of Security
  The Ministry of Public Security is the ministry of the interior of Laos. It includes local police, traffic police, immigration police, security police , and other armed police units. The current minister is Mr...
  
  
• National Assembly of Laos
  National Assembly of Laos
  The unicameral National Assembly of Laos is the parliament of Laos. It was established in its current form by the Lao Constitution of 1991 , replacing the Supreme People's Assembly. After the December 1997 elections, the number of seats were increased to 99, a new structure was announced and...
  
  
• Prime Minister of Laos
  Prime Minister of Laos
  The Prime Minister of Laos is the head of government of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos.-Prime Ministers:-Trivia:Between December 1959 to December 1960, Laos had 6 different Prime Ministers, after being ousted by 6 different political coups....
  
  

History of Laos

• History of Laos
  History of Laos
  -Earliest known history and the founding of Lan Xang:The earliest Laos legal document is known as "the laws of Khun Borom" , still preserved in manuscript form.This set of memoriter laws is written in a type of indigenous blank verse, and reflects the state of proto-Lao society as early...
  
  
• History of Laos since 1945
  History of Laos since 1945
  For Laotian history before 1945, see History of Laos to 1945.Note: this article follows the system for transliterating Lao names used in Martin Stuart-Fox's History of Laos...
  
  
• History of Laos to 1945
  History of Laos to 1945
  The Lao state dates only from 1945. The idea of a separate Lao nationality was formed during the 19th century, when western ideas of national identity reached South-East Asia, and when the Lao-speaking peoples were being squeezed between two expansionist powers, Siam and Annam . The current...
  
  
• Fa Khai
  Fa Khai
  Khai Bua Ban was a king of Lan Xang, ruling from 1433 until 1436.At the time of his succession, he was governor of Chiengkai. Khai Bua Ban's reign ended after princess Nang Keo Phim Fa ordered his death.-References:...
  
  
• Fa Ngum
  Fa Ngum
  Somdetch Brhat-Anya Fa Ladhuraniya Sri Sadhana Kanayudha Maharaja Brhat Rajadharana Sri Chudhana Negara better known as Fa Ngum established the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang in 1354....
  
  
• First Indochina War
  First Indochina War
  The First Indochina War was fought in French Indochina from December 19, 1946, until August 1, 1954, between the French Union's French Far East...
  
  
• French colonial administration of Laos
  French colonial administration of Laos
  The French approach to the colonial administration of Laos might be viewed as one of 'benign neglect', as compared to the contributions of other colonial rulers to their Southeast Asian colonies.-French Territorial Administration:...
  
  
• Haw wars
  Haw wars
  The Haw Wars , so called in Thai, were fought against Chinese quasi-military forces invading parts of Tonkin and Thailand between the years 1865 and 1890.-Invasion of the flags:...
  
  
• Khamtum
  Khamtum
  Khamtum was the fifth king of Lan Xang . His mother was Nang Keo Phimpha, sister of the late king, Samsenthai. Khamtum succeeded Phommathat, his second cousin, after his mother beheaded Phommathat. Before he was king he was Governor of Pak Houy Luang, so Khamtum was referred to as "King Pak Houy...
  
  
• Kings of Luang Prabang
  Kings of Luang Prabang
  Lan Xang was the name of Laos Kingdom during its early years and was ruled by the first king, Fa Ngum. Until the reign of King Sai Setthathirat, the Lan Xang kingdom's royal seat was based in Luang Phrabang, after which the royal seat moved to Vientiane. With the rule of Sourigna Vongsa for more...
  
  
• Kong Le
  Kong Le
  Kong Le is a former paratrooper captain in the Royal Lao Army known for overthrowing the government of Laos in a 1960 coup d'état. He obtained his training from the Armed Forces of the Philippines in 1957 and joined the Royal Lao Army in 1960.-Coup of 1960:...
  
  
• Laasaenthai Bouvanaat
  Laasaenthai Bouvanaat
  Laasaenthai Bouvanaat was the king of Lan Xang from 1485 until 1495. Succeeded his older brother King Suvarna BanlangLaasaenthai the six son of King Sai Tia Kaphut, Governor of Nongkai before his accession. Succeeded on the death of his childless elder brother, 1486. Crowned in 1491...
  
  
• Lan Kham Deng
  Lan Kham Deng
  Lan Kham Deng was the third king of the Lao state of Lan Xang. He was the oldest son of Samsenethai.During his reign, the king of Vietnam requested that Lan Kham Deng send some troops to help the Vietnamese fight off the Chinese, who were attacking them...
  
  
• Lan Xang
  Lan Xang
  The Lao kingdom of Lan Xang Hom Kao was established in 1354 by Fa Ngum.Exiled as an infant to Cambodia, Prince Fa Ngum of Xieng Dong Xieng Thong married a daughter of the Khmer king. In 1349 he set out from Angkor at the head of a 10,000-man army to establish his own country...
  
  
• List of Kings of Lan Xang
• Meunsai
  Meunsai
  Meunsai was a king of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang. He was the second son of Samsenethai and was Governor of Muang Kabong before becoming king. He earned the title King Meun Ban although he never used it. He ruled 6 months but Nang Keo Phimpha soon became dissatisfied with his performance as king...
  
  
• Ming Shi-lu
  Ming Shi-lu
  The Ming Shilu , or the Veritable Records of the Ming, contains the imperial annals of Ming dynasty emperors and is the single largest historical source for the dynasty and "plays an extremely important role in the historical reconstruction of Ming society and politics." After the fall of the Ming...
  
  
• Muang Sua
  Muang Sua
  Muang Sua was the name of Luang Phrabang following its conquest in 698 by a Tai prince, Khun Lo, who seized his opportunity when the king of Nanzhao was engaged elsewhere. Khun Lo had been awarded the town by his father, Khun Borom, who is associated with the Lao legend of the creation of the...
  
  
• Na Champassak
  Na Champassak
  The Na Champassak family were former royals in Laos before the communist take-over in 1975. This surname was given by Vajiravudh, the King of Siam, for anyone who descend from Chao Yuttithammathon , the 11th king of the Kingdom of Champassak...
  
  
• Pathet Lao
  Pathet Lao
  The Pathet Lao was a communist political movement and organization in Laos, formed in the mid-20th century. The group was ultimately successful in assuming political power after the Laotian Civil War. The Pathet Lao were always closely associated with Vietnamese communists...
  
  
• Phommathat
  Phommathat
  Phommathat was the fourth king of Lan Xang . He was Lan Kham Deng's oldest son. He was king for only 10 months. He was beheaded by Nang Keo Phimpha, his paternal aunt, in her successful attempt to seize power. He was succeeded by Nang Keo Phimpha's son, Khamtum....
  
  
• Photisarath
  Photisarath
  Photisarath son of King Visunarat of Lanxang, is considered to be the most devout of the Lao kings, he banned spirit worship and built temples upon the sites of spirit shrines. His elephant fell and crushed him while he sought to display his prowess to the diplomatic corps...
  
  
• Royal Lao Air Force
  Royal Lao Air Force
  The Royal Lao Air Force was the air force branch of the Military of the Royal Lao Government in the Kingdom of Laos. The RLAF, along with the Royal Lao Navy, and the Royal Lao Army, were placed under the control of the Ministry of Defense in Vientiane....
  
  
• Royal Palace Museum
  Royal Palace Museum
  The Royal Palace in Luang Prabang, Laos was built in 1904 during the French colonial era for King Sisavang Vong and his family. The site for the palace was chosen so that official visitors to Luang Prabang could disembark from their river voyages directly below the palace and be received there...
  
  
• Samsenethai
  Samsenethai
  Samsenethai was the second king of Lan Xang, the son of Fa Ngum, whom he succeeded.He ruled from 1372 until 1417. The origin of the name Samsenethai is thought to be a reflection of the political and social upheaval occurring within the area at the time of his rule...
  
  
• Laotian Civil War the Secret War
• Setthathirath
  Setthathirath
  Setthathirath is considered one of the great leaders in Lao history. Throughout 1560s up until his death, he successfully defended his kingdom of Lan Xang against military campaigns of Burmese conqueror Bayinnaung, who had already subdued Xieng Mai in 1558 and Ayutthaya in 1564...
  
  
• Sompou
  Sompou
  Sompou was the king of Lan Xang from 1497 until 1500 AD.Succeeded on the death of his father King La Sen Thai Puvanart in 1495. Reigned under the regency of his uncle, Prince Laksana Vijaya Kumara [Louxé Phe Sai], until he came of age and assumed sovereign powers, 1497. Deposed by his uncle in 1500....
  
  
• Sourigna Vongsa
  Sourigna Vongsa
  Sourigna Vongsa was the last king of Lan Xang and during his period, it considered the golden age of Laos. He ascended to the throne in 1637.-King of Lan Xang:...
  
  
• Sri Sattanak
• Vang Tao Incident
  Vang Tao Incident
  The Vang Tao Incident was a episode broadcast live on Thai television. On July 3, 2000 a group of armed insurgents and mercenaries attacked a Lao customs outpost at the southern border town of Vang Tao...
  
  
• Vientiane Treaty
  Vientiane Treaty
  The Vientiane Treaty was a cease-fire agreement between the two warring Lao factions - the monarchial government of Laos and the communist Pathet Lao - signed in Vientiane , on February 21, 1973....
  
  
• Visunarat
  Visunarat
  Visunarat was the king of Lan Xang from 1500 until 1520.seventh son of King Sai Tia Kaphut, King of Lan Xang. Appointed as Governor of Vientiane 1480. Appointed as Chief Minister with the title of Phya Sena Muang in 1491 with the reign name of Visun . Served as Regent for his minor nephew,...
  
  

Governors-General of French Indochina

• Governor-General of French Indochina
  Governor-General of French Indochina
  -External links:*...
  
  
• Paul Bert
  Paul Bert
  Paul Bert was a French zoologist, physiologist and politician. He is sometimes given the sobriquet "Father of Aviation Medicine".-Life:Bert was born at Auxerre...
  
  
• Georges Catroux
  Georges Catroux
  Georges Catroux was a French Army general and diplomat who served in both World War I and World War II, and served as Grand Chancellor of the Légion d'honneur from 1954 to 1969.-Biography:...
  
  
• Jean Antoine Ernest Constans
  Jean Antoine Ernest Constans
  Jean Antoine Ernest Constans was a French politician and colonial administrator.-Biography:Born in Béziers, Hérault, he began his career as professor of law. In 1876 he was elected deputy for Toulouse to the French Third Republic's Chamber, and sat in the Left Centre as one of the 363 of May 16,...
  
  
• Jean Decoux
  Jean Decoux
  Jean Decoux was a French politician, who was the Governor-General of French Indochina from 1940 to 1945, representing the Vichy French government.-Biography:Decoux was born in Bordeaux...
  
  
• Paul Doumer
  Paul Doumer
  Joseph Athanase Paul Doumer, commonly known as Paul Doumer was the President of France from 13 June 1931 until his assassination.-Biography:...
  
  
• Albert Sarraut
  Albert Sarraut
  Albert-Pierre Sarraut was a French Radical politician, twice Prime Minister during the Third Republic.Sarraut was born in Bordeaux, Gironde, France.He was Governor-General of French Indochina, from 1912 to 1919....
  
  
• Joost van Vollenhoven
  Joost van Vollenhoven
  Joost van Vollenhoven was a Dutch-born French soldier and colonial administrator. Van Vollenhoven died in the Second Battle of the Marne.-Early life:...
  
  

Laos-related lists

• List of Laos-related topics
• President of Laos
  President of Laos
  The President of Laos is the head of state of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos.The office of the President was created in 1975, after the takeover of the country by the Pathet Lao, which abolished the monarchy. A member of the deposed royal family, Prince Souphanouvong, was the first...
  
  
• Prime Minister of Laos
  Prime Minister of Laos
  The Prime Minister of Laos is the head of government of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos.-Prime Ministers:-Trivia:Between December 1959 to December 1960, Laos had 6 different Prime Ministers, after being ousted by 6 different political coups....
  
  

Newspapers published in Laos

• List of newspapers in Laos
• Le Rénovateur
  Le Rénovateur
  Le Rénovateur is the only French-language newspaper in the Lao PDR . It is published weekly by the Lao Press in Foreign Languages, which is a specialised agency of the Ministry of Information and Culture...
  
  
• Vientiane Times
  Vientiane Times
  The Vientiane Times is an English language newspaper, published daily in Vientiane, Laos. Established in 1994 as a weekly, it went daily in 2004...
  
  

Laotian people

• Anouvong
• Boun Oum
  Boun Oum
  Prince Boun Oum was the son of King Ratsadanay, and was the hereditary prince of Champassack and also Prime Minister of Laos.-Early life:...
  
  
• Bounkhong
  Bounkhong
  Prince Bounkhong, the son of Prince Souvanna Phomma, was the last uparaja of Luang Phrabang. He was granted the title of Chao Ratsaphakhinay in 1884. From 1911 to 1920, he was a member of the Government Council of French Indochina....
  
  
• Fa Khai
  Fa Khai
  Khai Bua Ban was a king of Lan Xang, ruling from 1433 until 1436.At the time of his succession, he was governor of Chiengkai. Khai Bua Ban's reign ended after princess Nang Keo Phim Fa ordered his death.-References:...
  
  
• Fa Ngum
  Fa Ngum
  Somdetch Brhat-Anya Fa Ladhuraniya Sri Sadhana Kanayudha Maharaja Brhat Rajadharana Sri Chudhana Negara better known as Fa Ngum established the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang in 1354....
  
  
• Khamphoui
  Khamphoui
  Queen Khamphoui was born in Luang Phrabang, Laos on July 12, 1912. She is reported to have died in a re-education camp near Sop Hao on December 12, 1981. On August 7, 1930, she married King Savang Vatthana and they had seven children, Crown Prince Vong Savang, Prince Sisavang, Prince Savang, Prince...
  
  
• Khamtum
  Khamtum
  Khamtum was the fifth king of Lan Xang . His mother was Nang Keo Phimpha, sister of the late king, Samsenthai. Khamtum succeeded Phommathat, his second cousin, after his mother beheaded Phommathat. Before he was king he was Governor of Pak Houy Luang, so Khamtum was referred to as "King Pak Houy...
  
  
• Khun Borom
  Khun Borom
  Khun Borom Rachathirath is the legendary progenitor of the Tai-speaking peoples, considered by the Lao and others to be the father of their race....
  
  
• Khun Lo
  Khun Lo
  Khun Lo was the eldest of the sons of Khun Borom, who had seven sons, and the first of the Lao kings. The royal families of Laos trace their lineage to him. He founded the city of Luang Prabang.He died in 780 and was succeeded by Khun Sung....
  
  
• Kouprasith Abhay
  Kouprasith Abhay
  General Kouprasith Abhay was a Laotian military and political figure from the Vietnam War .He was born into the privileged ruling family of Khong Island...
  
  
• Laasaenthai Bouvanaat
  Laasaenthai Bouvanaat
  Laasaenthai Bouvanaat was the king of Lan Xang from 1485 until 1495. Succeeded his older brother King Suvarna BanlangLaasaenthai the six son of King Sai Tia Kaphut, Governor of Nongkai before his accession. Succeeded on the death of his childless elder brother, 1486. Crowned in 1491...
  
  
• Lan Kham Deng
  Lan Kham Deng
  Lan Kham Deng was the third king of the Lao state of Lan Xang. He was the oldest son of Samsenethai.During his reign, the king of Vietnam requested that Lan Kham Deng send some troops to help the Vietnamese fight off the Chinese, who were attacking them...
  
  
• Lee Lue
  Lee Lue
  Captain Lee Lue was a Laotian Hmong fighter bomber pilot notable for flying more combat missions than any other pilot in the Kingdom of Laos. Lee Lue flew continuously, as many as 10 missions a day and averaging 120 combat missions a month to build a total of more than 5,000 sorties...
  
  
• Mangkra Souvannaphouma
  Mangkra Souvannaphouma
  Prince Mangkra Souvannaphouma of the Kingdom of Laos is the son of Prince Khampeng Souvannaphouma.-Biography:Since 1975, he has been living in exile in Paris, France...
  
  
• Meunsai
  Meunsai
  Meunsai was a king of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang. He was the second son of Samsenethai and was Governor of Muang Kabong before becoming king. He earned the title King Meun Ban although he never used it. He ruled 6 months but Nang Keo Phimpha soon became dissatisfied with his performance as king...
  
  
• Na Champassak
  Na Champassak
  The Na Champassak family were former royals in Laos before the communist take-over in 1975. This surname was given by Vajiravudh, the King of Siam, for anyone who descend from Chao Yuttithammathon , the 11th king of the Kingdom of Champassak...
  
  
• Phoumi Nosavan
  Phoumi Nosavan
  Phoumi Nosavan was a Lao military and political figure of the Vietnam War . Nosavan was of Chinese descent....
  
  
• Pa Kao Her
  Pa Kao Her
  Pa Kao Her was the leader of the Hmong Chao Fa movement in Laos after the communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party took power in 1975.He was assassinated in 2002 in Thailand. His brother Zong Zoua Her now leads the movement....
  
  
• Phetsarath Rattanavongsa
  Phetsarath Rattanavongsa
  Prince Phetsarath Rattanavongsa was prime minister of Laos from 1942 to 1945, and was the first and last vice-king of the Kingdom of Laos.-Early life:Phetsarath was born on 19 January 1890 in Luang Prabang, the second son of...
  
  
• Phommathat
  Phommathat
  Phommathat was the fourth king of Lan Xang . He was Lan Kham Deng's oldest son. He was king for only 10 months. He was beheaded by Nang Keo Phimpha, his paternal aunt, in her successful attempt to seize power. He was succeeded by Nang Keo Phimpha's son, Khamtum....
  
  
• Photisarath
  Photisarath
  Photisarath son of King Visunarat of Lanxang, is considered to be the most devout of the Lao kings, he banned spirit worship and built temples upon the sites of spirit shrines. His elephant fell and crushed him while he sought to display his prowess to the diplomatic corps...
  
  
• Ratsadanay
  Ratsadanay
  King Ratsadanay was the last king of Champasak. He was the father of Boun Oum....
  
  
• Samsenethai
  Samsenethai
  Samsenethai was the second king of Lan Xang, the son of Fa Ngum, whom he succeeded.He ruled from 1372 until 1417. The origin of the name Samsenethai is thought to be a reflection of the political and social upheaval occurring within the area at the time of his rule...
  
  
• Sauryavong Savang
  Sauryavong Savang
  Prince Sauryavong Savang is the youngest son of King Savang Vatthana of Laos. In 1965, he married Princess Dalavan and they have four children, Sthira Sauryavong, Dayavant Sauryavong, Balavant Sauryavong, and Krishnajina Sauryavong....
  
  
• Savang Vatthana
  Savang Vatthana
  Savang or Sisavang Vatthana was the last king of the Kingdom of Laos. He ruled from 1959 after his father's death, until his forced abdication in 1975...
  
  
• Bounleut Saycocie
• Siluck Saysanasy
  Siluck Saysanasy
  Siluck Saysanasy is a Laotian-Canadian television actor.Saysanasy is best known for playing "Yick Yu", a character from the Degrassi series...
  
  
• Setthathirath
  Setthathirath
  Setthathirath is considered one of the great leaders in Lao history. Throughout 1560s up until his death, he successfully defended his kingdom of Lan Xang against military campaigns of Burmese conqueror Bayinnaung, who had already subdued Xieng Mai in 1558 and Ayutthaya in 1564...
  
  
• Sisavang Vong
  Sisavang Vong
  Sisavang Phoulivong , was king of Kingdom of Luang Phrabang and later Kingdom of Laos from 28 April 1904 until his death on 20 October 1959.-Early life:...
  
  
• Sompou
  Sompou
  Sompou was the king of Lan Xang from 1497 until 1500 AD.Succeeded on the death of his father King La Sen Thai Puvanart in 1495. Reigned under the regency of his uncle, Prince Laksana Vijaya Kumara [Louxé Phe Sai], until he came of age and assumed sovereign powers, 1497. Deposed by his uncle in 1500....
  
  
• Soulivong Savang
  Soulivong Savang
  Crown Prince Soulivong Savang , grandson of the last King of Laos Savang Vatthana, is the pretender to the Lao throne. Laos was a monarchy until 1975, when the communist Pathet Lao seized control of the nation, causing Savang Vatthana to abdicate his throne...
  
  
• Sourigna Vongsa
  Sourigna Vongsa
  Sourigna Vongsa was the last king of Lan Xang and during his period, it considered the golden age of Laos. He ascended to the throne in 1637.-King of Lan Xang:...
  
  
• Souvannarath
  Souvannarath
  Prince Souvannarath was the prime minister of the Kingdom of Laos from 1947 – 1948. He was a son of Prince Bounkhong and half-brother to Princes Phetsarath, Souvanna Phouma and Souphanouvong.- References :...
  
  
• Thao Ma
  Thao Ma
  Brigadier General Thao Ma was a Hmong Lao military and political figure of the Vietnam War . From 1959-1966, he was commander of the Royal Lao Air Force.In memory of theRoyal Lao Air Force andtheir Commander, 1959-66...
  
  
• Thayavong Savang
  Thayavong Savang
  Prince Thayavong Savang is a surviving member of the now deposed royal family of the Kingdom of Laos. He was born at the Royal Palace, Luang Prabang, Laos...
  
  
• Three Princes
  Three Princes
  The Three Princes were Boun Oum, Souvanna Phouma and Souphanouvong who represented respectively the royalist, neutralist and leftist factions in the Kingdom of Laos in the post-WWII period. The trio were named by King Savang Vatthana to form a coalition government following the independence of...
  
  
• Visunarat
  Visunarat
  Visunarat was the king of Lan Xang from 1500 until 1520.seventh son of King Sai Tia Kaphut, King of Lan Xang. Appointed as Governor of Vientiane 1480. Appointed as Chief Minister with the title of Phya Sena Muang in 1491 with the reign name of Visun . Served as Regent for his minor nephew,...
  
  
• Vong Savang
  Vong Savang
  Crown Prince Vong Savang was born on September 27, 1931, at the Royal Palace Luang Prabang, Laos. His father was King Savang Vatthana and mother was Queen Khamphoui. He died at the hands of the communists in a so-called "seminar camp" in Laos on May 2, 1978...
  
  
• Vilayphone Vongphachanh
  Vilayphone Vongphachanh
  Vilayphone Vongphachanh is a female Laotian Olympic freestyle swimmer.As a member of the Laos team she competed at the age of 15 in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Women's 50m Freestyle...
  
  

Lao Monarchy

• Boun Oum
  Boun Oum
  Prince Boun Oum was the son of King Ratsadanay, and was the hereditary prince of Champassack and also Prime Minister of Laos.-Early life:...
  
  
• Bounkhong
  Bounkhong
  Prince Bounkhong, the son of Prince Souvanna Phomma, was the last uparaja of Luang Phrabang. He was granted the title of Chao Ratsaphakhinay in 1884. From 1911 to 1920, he was a member of the Government Council of French Indochina....
  
  
• Khamphoui
  Khamphoui
  Queen Khamphoui was born in Luang Phrabang, Laos on July 12, 1912. She is reported to have died in a re-education camp near Sop Hao on December 12, 1981. On August 7, 1930, she married King Savang Vatthana and they had seven children, Crown Prince Vong Savang, Prince Sisavang, Prince Savang, Prince...
  
  
• Mangkra Souvannaphouma
  Mangkra Souvannaphouma
  Prince Mangkra Souvannaphouma of the Kingdom of Laos is the son of Prince Khampeng Souvannaphouma.-Biography:Since 1975, he has been living in exile in Paris, France...
  
  
• Phetsarath Rattanavongsa
  Phetsarath Rattanavongsa
  Prince Phetsarath Rattanavongsa was prime minister of Laos from 1942 to 1945, and was the first and last vice-king of the Kingdom of Laos.-Early life:Phetsarath was born on 19 January 1890 in Luang Prabang, the second son of...
  
  
• Ratsadanay
  Ratsadanay
  King Ratsadanay was the last king of Champasak. He was the father of Boun Oum....
  
  
• Sauryavong Savang
  Sauryavong Savang
  Prince Sauryavong Savang is the youngest son of King Savang Vatthana of Laos. In 1965, he married Princess Dalavan and they have four children, Sthira Sauryavong, Dayavant Sauryavong, Balavant Sauryavong, and Krishnajina Sauryavong....
  
  
• Soulivong Savang
  Soulivong Savang
  Crown Prince Soulivong Savang , grandson of the last King of Laos Savang Vatthana, is the pretender to the Lao throne. Laos was a monarchy until 1975, when the communist Pathet Lao seized control of the nation, causing Savang Vatthana to abdicate his throne...
  
  
• Souphanouvong
  Souphanouvong
  Prince Souphanouvong was, along with his half-brother Prince Souvanna Phouma and Prince Boun Oum of Champasak, one of the “Three Princes” who represented respectively the communist , neutralist, and royalist political factions in Laos...
  
  
• Souvanna Phouma
  Souvanna Phouma
  Prince Souvanna Phouma was the leader of the neutralist faction and prime minister of the Kingdom of Laos several times, from 1951–1952, 1956–1958, 1960 and 1962-1975.-Early life:...
  
  
• Souvannarath
  Souvannarath
  Prince Souvannarath was the prime minister of the Kingdom of Laos from 1947 – 1948. He was a son of Prince Bounkhong and half-brother to Princes Phetsarath, Souvanna Phouma and Souphanouvong.- References :...
  
  
• Thayavong Savang
  Thayavong Savang
  Prince Thayavong Savang is a surviving member of the now deposed royal family of the Kingdom of Laos. He was born at the Royal Palace, Luang Prabang, Laos...
  
  
• Savang Vatthana
  Savang Vatthana
  Savang or Sisavang Vatthana was the last king of the Kingdom of Laos. He ruled from 1959 after his father's death, until his forced abdication in 1975...
  
  
• Vong Savang
  Vong Savang
  Crown Prince Vong Savang was born on September 27, 1931, at the Royal Palace Luang Prabang, Laos. His father was King Savang Vatthana and mother was Queen Khamphoui. He died at the hands of the communists in a so-called "seminar camp" in Laos on May 2, 1978...
  
  

Laotian Americans

• List of Laotian Americans
• TC Huo
  TC Huo
  TC Huo is a Laotian American author, of Chinese descent, who emigrated from Laos to the United States in 1980 and now lives in Oakland, California. He has written books such as A Thousand Wings and Land of Smiles. In 2001, he received the award for adult fiction from the Asian/Pacific American...
  
  
• Kay Sivilay
• Bryan Thao Worra
  Bryan Thao Worra
  Bryan Thao Worra is a Laotian American writer. His books include On The Other Side Of The Eye, Touching Detonations, Winter Ink, Barrow and The Tuk Tuk Diaries: My Dinner With Cluster Bombs. He is the first Laotian American to receive a Fellowship in Literature from the United States government's...
  
  
• Vang Pao
  Vang Pao
  Vang Pao was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Lao Army. He was an ethnic Hmong and a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States.-Early life:...
  
  

Lao People's Revolutionary Party members

• Bouasone Bouphavanh
  Bouasone Bouphavanh
  Bouasone Bouphavanh was Prime Minister of Laos from 2006 to 2010. He was officially appointed to the office by the National Assembly of Laos on June 8, 2006, during a major government reshuffle. He replaced Bounnhang Vorachith who became vice president. Bouasone had previously served as first...
  
  
• Bounnhang Vorachith
  Bounnhang Vorachith
  Bounnhang Vorachith is the vice president of Laos. He served as deputy prime minister from 1996 to 2001, and then was appointed prime minister. He became vice president on June 8, 2006 when Bouasone Bouphavanh was appointed prime minister.He is member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.-...
  
  
• General Cheng
  General Cheng
  General Cheng Sayavong is a general of the Lao People's Revolutionary Army and head of the Borisat Phattana Khed Phudoi or in English, the Mountainous Areas Development Company . He is one of the most powerful men in Laos, though he has not been known to dabble in national politics...
  
  
• Choummaly Sayasone
  Choummaly Sayasone
  Lieutenant General Choummaly Sayasone is General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic...
  
  
• Kaysone Phomvihane
  Kaysone Phomvihane
  Kaysone Phomvihane was the leader of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955, though Souphanouvong served in a figurehead role...
  
  
• Khamtai Siphandon
  Khamtai Siphandon
  General Khamtai Siphandon is a Laotian politician who was President of Laos from February 24, 1998, until June 8, 2006, when he was officially replaced by Choummaly Sayasone....
  
  
• Nouhak Phoumsavanh
  Nouhak Phoumsavanh
  Nouhak Phoumsavanh or Phoumsavan was a longtime Pathet Lao revolutionary and communist party official who was President of Laos from 1992 to 1998....
  
  
• Somsavat Lengsavad
  Somsavat Lengsavad
  Somsavat Lengsavad is a deputy prime minister of Laos. An ethnic Chinese, Chinese name: 凌绪光 , who hails from Luang Prabang with ancestry from Hainan, he was a protege of Kaysone Phomvihane....
  
  
• Souphanouvong
  Souphanouvong
  Prince Souphanouvong was, along with his half-brother Prince Souvanna Phouma and Prince Boun Oum of Champasak, one of the “Three Princes” who represented respectively the communist , neutralist, and royalist political factions in Laos...
  
  
• Soutchay Thammasith
  Soutchay Thammasith
  Major General Soutchay Thammasith became the minister of security of Laos in 2002, replacing Asang Laoly. Before becoming the security minister, he was the vice minister of the interior. He retired on February 17, 2005, citing health reasons.-External links:...
  
  
• Thongloun Sisoulith
  Thongloun Sisoulith
  Thongloun Sisoulith is a Deputy Prime Minister of Laos, as well as the current Foreign Minister. He became Deputy Prime Minister and President of the State Planning Committee on March 27, 2001, and subsequently he was appointed as Foreign Minister on June 8, 2006, replacing Somsavat Lengsavad...
  
  
• Phoumi Vongvichit
  Phoumi Vongvichit
  Phoumi Vongvichit was a leading figure of the Pathet Lao and an elder statesman of the Lao People's Democratic Republic....
  
  

Hmong Americans

• Hmong American
  Hmong American
  A Hmong American is a resident of the United States who is of ethnic Hmong descent. Hmong Americans are one group of Asian Americans. Many Lao Hmong war refugees resettled in the U.S. following the communist takeover of Laos in 1975...
  
  
• List of Hmong Americans
• Dia Cha
  Dia Cha
  Dia Cha is currently Associate Professor of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies at St. Cloud State University, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, where she teaches courses in cultural anthropology, ethnic studies, Southeast Asian communities, Asian American studies, and Hmong studies...
  
  
• Mee Moua
  Mee Moua
  Mee Moua , is a Hmong American politician and a member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. She represented District 67 in the Minnesota Senate, which includes portions of the city of Saint Paul in Ramsey County, which is in the Twin Cities metropolitan area...
  
  
• Brenda Song
  Brenda Song
  Brenda Song is an American actress, film producer, and model. Song started in show business as a child fashion model. Her early television work included roles in the shows Fudge and 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd...
  
  
• Vang Pao
  Vang Pao
  Vang Pao was a Lieutenant General in the Royal Lao Army. He was an ethnic Hmong and a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States.-Early life:...
  
  
• Chai Vang
  Chai Vang
  Chai Soua Vang is a naturalized U.S. citizen and a Hmong immigrant from Laos. While on a hunting trip in northern Wisconsin, Vang shot eight people, who were also hunting in the area, on November 21, 2004...
  
  

Hmong writers

• Dia Cha
  Dia Cha
  Dia Cha is currently Associate Professor of Anthropology and Ethnic Studies at St. Cloud State University, in St. Cloud, Minnesota, where she teaches courses in cultural anthropology, ethnic studies, Southeast Asian communities, Asian American studies, and Hmong studies...
  
  
• Gary Yia Lee
  Gary Yia Lee
  Gary Yia Lee is a Hmong anthropologist and author based in Australia. Lee was born in Ban Houei Kouang, Muong Mok, Xieng Khouang, Laos. In 1961, his family was displaced by the civil war and they joined other Hmong refugees in the city of Vientiane. He excelled in a Lao school system run by the...
  
  
• Shoua Lee
• Mai Neng Moua
  Mai Neng Moua
  Mai Neng Moua is a Hmong writer and a founder of the Paj Ntaub Voice, a Hmong literary magazine. She is also the editor of the first anthology of Hmong American writers, Bamboo Among the Oaks...
  
  
• Pacyinz Lyfoung
• Ka Vang
  Ka Vang
  Ka Vang is a Hmong writer in the United States. Vang was born in Long Cheng, Laos, in April, 1975. A playwright, fiction writer and poet, she is a recipient of the Archibald Bush Artist Fellowship and several other artistic and leadership awards...
  
  
• May Lee Yang
  May Lee Yang
  May Lee, also known as May Lee Yang, is a Hmong playwright, poet, prose writer, performance artist and community activist living in Minnesota, United States.-Theater:...
  
  

Politics of Laos

• Politics of Laos
  Politics of Laos
  The politics of Laos takes place in the framework of a single-party socialist republic. The only legal political party is the Lao People's Revolutionary Party . The head of state is President Choummaly Sayasone, who also is secretary-general of the LPRP. The head of government is Prime Minister...
  
  
• Committee for Independence and Democracy in Laos
  Committee for Independence and Democracy in Laos
  The Committee for Independence and Democracy in Laos is a religious group, believed to consist of ex-army officers, some ethnic Hmong people, and others disaffected with the communist regime in the country. They claimed responsibility for several attacks on the government in 2004....
  
  
• Foreign relations of Laos
  Foreign relations of Laos
  The foreign relations of Laos, after the takeover by the Pathet Lao in December 1975, were characterized by a hostile posture toward the West, with the government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic aligning itself with the Soviet bloc, maintaining close ties with the Soviet Union and depending...
  
  
• Human rights in Laos
  Human rights in Laos
  The situation of human rights in Laos has often been and remains being recognized as a cause for concern.The Constitution that was promulgated in 1991 contains most key safeguards for human rights. For example, in Article 8 it makes it clear that Laos is a multiethnic state and is committed to...
  
  
• National Assembly of Laos
  National Assembly of Laos
  The unicameral National Assembly of Laos is the parliament of Laos. It was established in its current form by the Lao Constitution of 1991 , replacing the Supreme People's Assembly. After the December 1997 elections, the number of seats were increased to 99, a new structure was announced and...
  
  
• President of Laos
  President of Laos
  The President of Laos is the head of state of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos.The office of the President was created in 1975, after the takeover of the country by the Pathet Lao, which abolished the monarchy. A member of the deposed royal family, Prince Souphanouvong, was the first...
  
  

Political parties in Laos

• List of political parties in Laos
• Lao People's Revolutionary Party
  Lao People's Revolutionary Party
  The Lao People's Revolutionary Party is a communist political party that has governed Laos since 1975. The policy-making organs are the politburo and the central committee. A party congress, which elects members to the politburo and central committee, is held every five years...
  
  

Provinces of Laos

• Provinces of Laos
  Provinces of Laos
  Laos is divided into provinces and 1 prefecture plus the Vientiane Capital city municipality...
  
  
• Attapu Province
• Bokeo Province
• Bolikhamxai
• Champasak Province
• Houaphan
• Khammouan
• Louang Namtha Province
• Louangphabang Province
• Oudomxai Province
  Oudomxai Province
  Oudomxay or Oudômxai is a province of Laos, located in the northwest of the country. The province capital is Muang Xai.-History:The province was created in 1976, when it was split off from Luang Prabang...
  
  
• Phongsali Province
• Salavan Province
• Savannakhet Province
• Template:Laos provinces
• Vientiane (prefecture)
• Vientiane Province
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• Xaignabouli Province
• Xaisomboun
  Xaisomboun
  Xaisomboun was a special zone of Laos, located in the north of the country, near the capital Vientiane. The special zone was created 1994 with area split off from the provinces Vientiane, and Xiangkhoang...
  
  
• Xekong Province
  Xekong Province
  Sekong is a province of Laos, located in the south-east of the country.-Geography:Sekong was created in 1984, when it was split off from Salavan Province. It is bordered by Vietnam to the east, Attapeu Province to the south, Salavanh Province to the north, and Champasak Province to the west...
  
  
• Xiangkhoang Province

Religion in Laos

• Buddhism in Laos
  Buddhism in Laos
  Buddhism is the primary religion of Laos. The Buddhism practiced in Laos is of the Theravada tradition. Lao Buddhism is a unique version of Theravada Buddhism and is at the basis of Lao culture...
  
  
• Mission évangélique au Laos
  Mission évangélique au Laos
  Mission évangélique au Laos is one of the largest Christian denominations of Laos. Laos has one of the highest levels of persecution of Christians in the world. The MEL is a Christian Brethren church. Most members of the MEL are belong to ethnic minorities of the South of Laos. The membership...
  
  
• Phra Bang
  Phra Bang
  The Phra Bang ," Lao ພະ + ບາງ) is the palladium of Laos. The Lao-language name for the image has been transliterated in a number of ways, including "Pra Bang," "Prabang," "Phabang" and "Pha Bang." The statue is an 83cm-high standing Buddha with palms facing forward, cast in bronze and covered in...
  
  
• Protestants in Laos
  Protestants in Laos
  Protestantism in Laos is roughly half of the Christian population of the country, the Christian population counting 150,000 people. Most of the Protestants in Laos are part of the Lao Evangelical Church. With around 300 congregations, Protestantism has grown rapidly in the last decade.-History:The...
  
  
• Roman Catholicism in Laos
  Roman Catholicism in Laos
  The Roman Catholic Church in Laos is part of the worldwide Catholic Church, under the spiritual leadership of the Pope and curia in Rome.The Roman Catholic Church is officially recognized by the LFNC...
  
  

Roman Catholic dioceses in Laos

• Vicariate Apostolic of Luang Prabang
  Vicariate Apostolic of Luang Prabang
  Vicariate Apostolic of Luang Prabang is an apostolic vicariate of the Roman Catholic Church in northern Laos. It was established on March 1 1963, when it was split off from the Vicariate Apostolic of Vientiane...
  
  
• Vicariate Apostolic of Paksé
  Vicariate Apostolic of Paksé
  Vicariate Apostolic of Paksé is a major unit of theRoman Catholic Church in Laos. The Vicar Apostolic since 2000 is Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun. It was established in 1967, when it was split off from the Vicariate Apostolic of Savannakhet. Covering an area of 45,000 km² of southern Laos,...
  
  
• Vicariate Apostolic of Savannakhet
  Vicariate Apostolic of Savannakhet
  Vicariate Apostolic of Savannakhet is a subdivision of the Roman Catholic Church in Laos.Covering an area of 48,100 km² of central Laos, the Vicariate is the largest of the apostolic vicariates in Laos. 12,500 of 2.7 million citizen in the area are member of the Catholic Church.The vicariate...
  
  

Laotian society

• Demographics of Laos
  Demographics of Laos
  This article is about the demographic features of the population of Laos, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population....
  
  
• Human rights in Laos
  Human rights in Laos
  The situation of human rights in Laos has often been and remains being recognized as a cause for concern.The Constitution that was promulgated in 1991 contains most key safeguards for human rights. For example, in Article 8 it makes it clear that Laos is a multiethnic state and is committed to...
  
  
• Laotian American
  Laotian American
  A Laotian American is a resident of the United States who was originally from Laos, a person of Laotian descent residing in America, or a citizen born in the United States whose parents were originally from Laos. Laotian Americans are included in the larger category of Asian Americans...
  
  
• Scouting in Laos
  Scouting in Laos
  At the present time, there is no known Scouting program in Laos, one of only five of the world's independent countries that do not have Scouting.In the 1930s, André Lefèvre, chief of the Eclaireurs de France, set up a training camp for 60 Scoutmasters from all over French Indochina...
  
  

Ethnic groups in Laos

• List of ethnic groups in Laos
• Dai people
  Dai people
  The Dai peoples is one of several ethnic groups living in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture and the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefecture , but by extension can apply to groups in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, and Burma when Dai is used to mean specifically Tai Lue, Chinese Shan or even...
  
  
• Hmong people
  Hmong people
  The Hmong , are an Asian ethnic group from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Hmong are also one of the sub-groups of the Miao ethnicity in southern China...
  
  
• Katang
  Katang
  The Katang are an ethnic group living in Laos, although a few live elsewhere in Southeast Asia. In 1995 there were 95,440 living in Laos, making them one of the largest subgroups of the Lao Theung and one of the largest true ethnic groups in the country. Most live in Savannakhet, Saravan, and...
  
  
• Khmu people
  Khmu people
  The Khmu is one of the largest ethnic groups based in northern Laos. They can also be found in Burma, southwest China , Thailand, and Vietnam, where they are an officially recognized ethnic group...
  
  
• Lao Lum
• Lao Sung
  Lao Sung
  Lao Sung or more commonly Lao Soung is an official Laos PDR designation for highland dwelling peoples in Laos . The ones in Laos, the actual Lao Soung, make up 9% of the Laotian population...
  
  
• Lao Theung
  Lao Theung
  The Lao Theung or Lao Thoeng is one of the traditional divisions of ethnic groups living in Laos . It literally indicates the "midland Lao", and comprises a variety of different ethnic groups of mostly Austro-Asiatic origin...
  
  
• Lao people
  Lao people
  The Lao are an ethnic subgroup of Tai/Dai in Southeast Asia.-Names:The etymology of the word Lao is uncertain, although it may be related to tribes known as the Ai Lao who appear in Han Dynasty records in China and Vietnam as a people of what is now Yunan Province...
  
  
• Mlabri
  Mlabri
  The Mlabri or Mrabri are an ethnic group of Thailand and Laos, and have been called "the most interesting and least understood people in Southeast Asia". Only about 300 or fewer Mlabris remain in the world today, with some estimates as low as 100. A hill tribe in northern Thailand along the border...
  
  
• Mon people
  Mon people
  The Mon are an ethnic group from Burma , living mostly in Mon State, Bago Division, the Irrawaddy Delta, and along the southern Thai–Burmese border. One of the earliest peoples to reside in Southeast Asia, the Mon were responsible for the spread of Theravada Buddhism in Burma and Thailand...
  
  
• Si La
  Si La
  The Si La are an ethnic group of about 1,800 people living in northern Laos and another 600 living in the Lai Chau province of northwestern Vietnam....
  
  

Laos at the Olympics

• Laos at the 1980 Summer Olympics
  Laos at the 1980 Summer Olympics
  Laos competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.- Athletics :Men's 100 metres* Soutsakhone Somninhom* Heat — 11.69 Men's 200 metres* Sitthixay Sacpraseuth...
  
  
• Laos at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Laos at the 1996 Summer Olympics
  Laos competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.-Athletics:Women's Marathon* Sirivanh Ketavong – 3:25.16 -References:**...
  
  
• Laos at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  Laos at the 2000 Summer Olympics
  -Athletics:Men's 100 metres*Sisomphone Vongphakdy* Round 1 — 11.47 Women's Marathon*Sirivanh Ketavong* Final — 3:34:27 -Swimming:Men's 50m Freestyle*Sikhounxay Ounkhamphanyavong...
  
  
• Laos at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  Laos at the 2004 Summer Olympics
  -Archery:Men's Individual Competition:* Phoutlamphay Thiamphasone — 64th place-Athletics:Men's 100 metres:* Chamleunesouk Ao Oudomphonh*Round 1 — 11.30 Women's 100 metres:* Philaylack Sackpraseuth...
  
  

Visitor attractions in Laos

Transportation in Laos

• Transportation in Laos
  Transportation in Laos
  This article concerns systems of transportation in Laos. Laos is a country in Asia, which possesses a number of modern transportation systems, including several highways and a number of airports...
  
  

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