Category: Laos

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Politics of Laos

State Structure and Political System of Laos

The Lao PDR is a state of people’s democracy of a presidential-parliamentary type. The 1991 Constitution is in effect. Administrative divisions: Vientiane Municipality, Saisanbun Special Economic Zone, and 16 provinces subdivided into 142 districts....

Laos Brief Information

Laos Brief Information

GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION: Laos is a state in Southeast Asia, in the very center of the Indochinese Peninsula. In the north, Laos borders with China, in the east – with Vietnam, in the south –...

Laos History

Laos History

Historically, Laos is configured as a frontier mark, whose events have been conditioned by those of the major surrounding powers: also for this reason it is possible to speak of a Laotian political entity...

Laos Travel Warning

Laos Travel Warning

TRAVEL WARNING Current information On national road 13, between kilometer 220 near Kasi and kilometer 270 near Phu Khun (also: Phoukhoun), there have been several nighttime attacks on vehicles with the use of firearms....

Laos Overview

Laos Overview

GENERAL Official name of the state Laos People’s Democratic Republic. Capital Vientiane. Geography As a country located in Asia according to topb2bwebsites, Laos has no access to the sea and borders on China to...

Laos Religion

Laos Religion

Buddhism is the dominant religion in Laos. It is supported by the regime and is considered part of the Laotian culture, although many minority people have other religions. Among the Thai-speaking peoples, theravada Buddhism...

Laos

Laos Recent History

The word Laos in Chinese means “mountain dwellers”, and in fact the Laotians are almost all mountain dwellers. When they want to joke about their land, they say that God, when he had finished...