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LA. Internet TLD. .la. Laos, [e] officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao PDR or LPDR ), [f] is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. At the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, Laos is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. [12]
Laos–Thailand border. Map of the Laos-Thailand border. The Laos–Thailand border is the international border between the territory of Laos and Thailand. The border is 1,845 km (1,146 mi) in length, over half of which follows the Mekong River, and runs from the tripoint with Myanmar in the north to tripoint with Cambodia in the south. [1]
In Southeast Asia, traditional Lao culture is considered one of the Indic cultures (along with Burma, Thailand and Cambodia ). Laos is geographically isolated and mountainous, bounded by the Annamite Range in the east, forming a traditional political and cultural boundary with Vietnam (a more Chinese influenced Sinitic culture ).
The Thai–Lao Border War, or known in Thai as Battle of Ban Romklao ( Thai: สมรภูมิบ้านร่มเกล้า or ยุทธการบ้านร่มเกล้า; December 1987 – February 1988), was a short confrontation between Thai and Lao forces. It involved a dispute over the map made by French surveyors ...
A plaque in Laos, in Lao and English, commemorating the First Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge. Opened on 8 April 1994, it was the first bridge across the lower Mekong, and the second on the full course of the Mekong. [citation needed] The cost was about A$42 million, funded by the Government of Australia as development aid for Laos. [1] [2]
The Lao Wiang (Thai: ลาวเวียง, pronounced [lāːw wīaŋ]), sometimes also referred to as Lao Wieng, are a Tai sub-ethnic group of the Isan region. . Approximately 50,000 [citation needed] self-proclaimed Lao Wiang live in villages throughout Thailand, especially the provinces of Prachinburi, Udon Thani, Nakhon Pathom, Chai Nat, Lopburi, Saraburi, Nakhon Nayok, Suphan Buri ...
Khamsavath railway station. / 17.95750°N 102.67472°E / 17.95750; 102.67472. Khamsavath railway station, also known as Vientiane-Tai Railway Station is a future railway station located in Nonvai Village, Xaysetha district, Vientiane prefecture, Laos. It will become Vientiane's new railway station on the State Railway of Thailand's ...
Theravada Buddhism is the largest religion in Laos, which is practiced by 66% of the population. [1] Lao Buddhism is a unique version of Theravada Buddhism and is at the basis of ethnic Lao culture. Buddhism in Laos is often closely tied to animist beliefs and belief in ancestral spirits, particularly in rural areas.