The Third Governmentof the Lao People's Democratic Republic was established on 25 February 1993. Political Handbook of Asia 1997, p. 472. Books: Political...
to fight against the Kingdom ofLaos between 1958 and 1959. Control over Laos allowed for the eventual construction of the Ho Chi Minh Trail that would...
National Assembly, the country's legislature. The term of a government follows that of the elected legislature. Prime Minister ofLaosGovernmentofLaos...
In 1994, Laos was the world's third largest producer of opium, primarily in the northern provinces. Narcotics trafficking in Laos is difficult to control...
largest and dominant religion in Laos. Theravada Buddhism is central to Lao cultural identity. The national symbol ofLaos is the That Luang stupa, a stupa...
Assembly ofLaos with the highest number of votes among all candidates nationwide. However, the unity government collapsed and the new government under Prime...
Rice production in Laos is important to the national economy and food supply. Rice is a key staple for Laos, and over 60% of arable land is used for its...
This page is about the Laotian Penal System. In 2002, it was reported that the normal function of a defence lawyer in a Laotian court was to argue mitigating...
Trade unions in Laos have been active in the country since at least the mid-20th Century. During the Royal Lao Government three statutes were passed that...
prostitution also takes place. The visibility of prostitution in Laos belies the practice's illegality. As of 2016[update], UNAIDS estimates there to be...
The southeast Asian country ofLaos, with a landmass of 23.68 million hectares, has at least 5 million hectares of land suitable for cultivation (about...
In Savada, Andrea Matles (ed.). Laos: a country study (3rd ed.). Washington, D.C.: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress. pp. 94–95. ISBN 0-8444-0832-8...
Pathet Lao revolutionary and communist party official who was the 3rd President ofLaos from 1992 to 1998. Nouhak was born in Ban Phalouka in Mukdahan Province...
using the denial of this covert war to justify a repatriation of Thailand-based Hmong war veterans to Laos. It persuaded the US government to acknowledge...
leader of the Communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 until his death in 1992. After the Communists seized power in the wake of the Laotian Civil...
February 1993. Retrieved 11 May 2021. Books: Stuart-Fox, Martin (2008). Historical Dictionary of Laos. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-81086-411-5. v t e...
ISBN 978-161-0-69499-5 Mansfield, S. Koh, M. and Nevins, D. (2018). Cultures of the World: Laos. (3rd Ed.). New York: Cavendish Square Publishing LLC. p. 98. ISBN 978-150-2-63233-3...
Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam and allegedly sponsored by Secretary of State Henry Kissinger and the CIA without the authorization of then Secretary of Defense...
(FAR), the official military of the Kingdom ofLaos during the North Vietnamese invasion ofLaos and the Laotian Civil War between 1960 and 1975. The ARL...
monarchies in neighbouring Laos and Cambodia were overthrown by communist movements in the 1970s. Arab socialism contributed to a series of revolts and coups that...
Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and a major conflict of the...
The 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation was held between 17 and 18 October 2023 in Beijing, China. It marked the 10th anniversary of the...
February 1951) is a Laotian politician and member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. She was the chairwoman and governor of the Bank of the Lao P.D.R...
neutrality ofLaos in 1962, and served as Minister of Information, Propaganda and Tourism in the Second Coalition government. In 1964, after a series of political...
and local government officials in community-based development. For some years, this was the only civil society organisation of this kind in Laos. According...
Healthcare in Laos is provided by both the private and public sector. It is limited in comparison with other countries. Western medical care is available...