Chao Anou
(1767–1829), Lao monarch. Chao Anou, or Anuvong, was the last ruler of the Lao kingdom of Viang Chan (present-day Vientiane, capital of Lao People's Democratic Republic) and a ...
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Clothing, Traditional—Laos
The geographical distributions of most Lao ethnic groups extend beyond Lao national borders into the surrounding countries of China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, and ...
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Laos—Profile
(2001 pop. 5.6 million). The landlocked and multiethnic Lao People's Democratic Republic has passed through many vicissitudes of history. It has maintained its unity and nat...
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Laos—Education System
The Lao educational system has a long history, extending from early, traditional temple education to contemporary education in the transitional economy of the Lao People&#...
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Lao People's Democratic Republic
Laos
Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao
CAPITAL: Vientiane (Viangchan)
FLAG: The national flag, officially adopted in 1975, is the former flag of the Pathet ...
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Laos
Laos (the Lao People's Democratic Republic or PDR) is a small, landlocked country located in mainland Southeast Asia surrounded by Thailand and Myanmar on the west, China on the north, Vie...
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Area: 236,800 sq km (91,429 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 5,751,000Capital:
Vientiane
Chief of state:
Presidents
Khamtay
Siphandone and, from June 8, Choummaly
Sayasone
Head of government:
Pri...
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The landlocked nation of Laos has agreed to join the International Whaling Commission at Japan's request and is highly likely to support Tokyo's high-profile pro-whaling campaign, Japanese official...
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Vientiane, Laos (dpa) - Lao Brewery Co's plans to flood Thailand
with its popular Beer Lao next year have been put on hold until 2011,
a senior executive said...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Laos on Thursday confirmed its first human victim
to avian influenza, a 15-year-old girl who was receiving medical
treatment across the border in Thailand.
...
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Bangkok (dpa) - Test results from a World Health Organization
(WHO) laboratory in Tokyo have confirmed that a 42-year-old woman who
died in Vientiane last week had bird flu,...
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SINGAPORE, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Landlocked Laos is shaping
itself into a battery for its power-hungry neighbours, by
damming up its rivers to tap hydropower, but the communist
state has no plans to ...
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Vientiane (dpa) - It seems that every successful communist economy
in Asia wants a stock market nowadays.
China opened the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 1990, and the S...
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Vientiane (dpa) - Laos was once unique in South-East Asia for its
remarkably small overseas Chinese business community.
Under colonial rule, the French had a policy ...
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Bangkok (dpa) - The Lao government on Wednesday denied reports
that authorities had arrested three US citizens of Hmong decent in
Vientiane, the capital.
"I'...
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The imprisoned Hmong-American leader at the center of an alleged plot to overthrow the communist government of Laos has been hospitalized in California with an irregular heartbeat.Vang Pao, 77, was...
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Chao Anou
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Laos
Laos
Laos
