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The following lists events that happened during 2008 in Laos.
Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country and one of the two Marxist-Leninist states in Southeast Asia...
This article concerns the systems of transportation inLaos. Laos is a country in Asia, which possesses a number of modern transportation systems, including...
insurgency inLaos is a low-intensity conflict between the Laotian government on one side and former members of the Secret Army, Laotian royalists, and...
The Kingdom of Laos was the form of government inLaos from 1947 to 1975. Located in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, it was...
The Laotian Civil War was waged between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government from 23 May 1959 to 2 December 1975. The Kingdom of Laos was...
French protectorate of Laos (French: Protectorat français du Laos) was a French protectorate in Southeast Asia of what is today Laos between 1893 and 1953—with...
Theravada Buddhism is the largest religion inLaos, which is practiced by 66% of the population. Lao Buddhism is a unique version of Theravada Buddhism...
Prostitution inLaos is regarded as a criminal activity and can be subject to severe prosecution. It is much less common than in neighbouring Thailand...
modern human presence in the northern and central highlands of Indochina, which constitute the territories of the modern Laotian nation-state, dates back...
Laos has 422 km (262 mi) of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge railways, primarily consisting of the Boten–Vientiane railway, which opened in December...
bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights inLaos go unreported and unnoticed. While homosexuality is legal inLaos, it is very difficult to assess the current...
The economy of Laos is a lower-middle income developing economy. Being one of the socialist states (along with China, Cuba, Vietnam, and North Korea),...
activities inLaos started in the 1950s. In 1959, U.S. Special Operations Forces (Military and CIA) began to train some Laotian soldiers in unconventional...
Laos competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China. Men Women Key Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only Q...
of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, Laos' most powerful position in January 2021, ranking him first in the Politburo. The office of the President...
production, consumption and import inLaos. The Hongsa Thermal Power Station is an 1,878-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Hongsa District, Sainyabuli...
Laos competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China. Laos at the Paralympics Laos at the 2008 Summer Olympics "Powerlifting - Men's −48 kg -...
Laos is a country in and the only landlocked nation in mainland Southeast Asia, northeast of Thailand and west of Vietnam. It covers approximately 236...
There is a large community of Vietnamese people inLaos. As Vietnam and Laos are neighbours, there is a long history of population migrations between the...
national monuments such as Pha That Luang, a national symbol of Laos and an icon of Buddhism inLaos. Other significant Buddhist temples can be found there as...
Protestantism inLaos make up about 80% of the Christian population of the country in 2020. Most of the Protestants inLaos are part of the Lao Evangelical...
Laotian Americans (Lao: ຄົນລາວອາເມລິກາ, romanized: Khonlav Amelika) are Americans who trace their ancestry to Laos. Laotian Americans are included in...
was recognized inLaos when the first mining project, the Sepon Mine was established. There were 127 domestic and foreign companies in2008 working 213 projects...
Tourism inLaos is governed by a ministry-level government agency, the Lao National Tourism Administration (LNTA). Notes: 1.^ COVID-19 pandemic. 2.^ SARS...
The Internet inLaos was first introduced in 1997, with the two commercial ISP services starting in 1999, specifically PlaNet Computers and GlobeNet. These...
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