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Fast Facts:
- Capital: Vientiane
- Government: Socialist Republic
- Population: 6,521,998 2007 estimate
- Currency: Kip (LAK)
- Exchange Rate: 1 Lao Kip = 0.0001120 US Dollar
- Official Language: Lao
- Other cities: Vang Vieng, Luang Prubang
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Background
The history of Laos stretches back to the ancient kingdom of Lan Xang, which had influence over major parts of present-day Cambodia and Thailand. Part of French Indochina until 1907, modern-day Laos replaced a six-century old monarchy in 1975 with a one-party Communist regime allied with Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, North Vietnamese forces travelled through Laos to reach South Vietnam along the "Ho Chi Minh Trail", and today, unexploded ordnance and mines from the conflict remain buried in the countryside, and still occasionally maim and kill residents.Terrain and Climate
The southwest border of Laos with Thailand is defined entirely by the Mekong River, a major Southeast Asian waterway that subsequently passes through Cambodia and Vietnam before emptying into the South China Sea. Most of the terrain of Laos is thickly forested and mountainous, and the climate is tropical and marked with heavy monsoons during the rainy season.
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Laos Questions
Whats Beer Lao? 1 AnswerProbably the best beer in South East Asia, Beer Lao is the country of Laos' only beer, and despite the amazing lack of choice in the country, you still never ge... read more
Few words about Bun Pha Wet - a Lao festival? 1 Answer----------quote-------- Bun Pha Wet (December or January) is a temple-centre festival in which the jataka or birth-tale of Prince Vessantara, the Buddha’s pe... read more
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We've been to Laos and saw the heirs of what is locally called "the american war", there are still millions of unexploded mines...
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@irishayne laos n yan...lol...w8 tgal mag attach...
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SM Goh to visit Cambodia and Laos: SINGAPORE: Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong will visit Cambodia from 23-24 November... http://bit.ly/5Xe8h5
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Fung phuak ha ni bun la yaiy miss laos, hua jon jep thong :-D
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SM Goh to visit Cambodia and Laos: SINGAPORE: Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong will visit Cambodia from 23-24 Nove.. http://bit.ly/6JYYLy
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