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  2. Laos - Wikipedia

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    Laos. /  17.967°N 102.600°E  / 17.967; 102.600. Laos, [ e] officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( LPDR ), [ f] is the only landlocked country and one of the two Marxist-Leninist states in Southeast Asia. [ g] At the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, Laos is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east ...

  3. Indonesia–Laos relations - Wikipedia

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    Laos and Indonesia agreed to enhance relations to focus on exploring the potential of both nations to cooperate on trade and investment. The two nations expressed a desire to reach further agreements relating to security, tourism, sport, air transport and education. The two sides will also work together in cooperation with other ASEAN nations ...

  4. Portal:Laos - Wikipedia

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    The official language is Lao. Laos is a multi-ethnic country with the politically and culturally dominant Lao people making up approximately 60 percent of the population, mostly in the lowlands. Mon-Khmer groups, the Hmong, and other indigenous hill tribes, accounting for 40 percent of the population, live in the foothills and mountains.

  5. Foreign relations of Laos - Wikipedia

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    The foreign relations of Laos, internationally designated by its official name as the Lao People's Democratic Republic, 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 heavily ...

  6. Geography of Laos - Wikipedia

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    Geography of Laos. Laos is a country in and the only landlocked nation in mainland Southeast Asia, northeast of Thailand and west of Vietnam. It covers approximately 236,800 square kilometers in the center of the Southeast Asian peninsula and it is surrounded by Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, the People's Republic of China, Thailand, and Vietnam.

  7. Lao people - Wikipedia

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    The Lao people are a Tai ethnic group native to Southeast Asia. They primarily speak the Lao language, which belongs to the Kra–Dai language family. Lao people constitute the majority ethnic group of Laos, comprising 53.2% of the country's total population. They are also found in significant numbers in northeastern Thailand, particularly in ...

  8. Prime Minister of Laos - Wikipedia

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    The current prime minister is Sonexay Siphandone, who was elected in 2022. The Kingdom of Luang Phrabang was the first Laotian state to establish the office of prime minister. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Laos, ratified in 1947, established the post of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos. The kingdom was abolished on 2 December 1975 ...

  9. President of Laos - Wikipedia

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    The president of the Lao People's Democratic Republic is the head of state of Laos. The current president is Thongloun Sisoulith , since 22 March 2021. He was previously elected as the General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party , Laos' most powerful position in January 2021, ranking him first in the Politburo .