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On September 2, 2015, Lao National Television signed a cooperation agreement with Vietnam Television, and Lao National Television started producing and broadcasting Vietnamese-language news programs. In September 2019, with the aid of the People's Republic of China, LNTV Channel 3 was upgraded from standard definition to high definition.
Politics of Laos. 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 .
Refugees began arriving in the U.S. after a Communist government came to power in Laos in 1975 and by 1980, the Laotian population of the U.S. reached 47,683, according to census estimates. The numbers increased dramatically during the 1980s so the census estimated that there were 147,375 people by 1990. The group continued to grow, somewhat ...
Major. competition (s) Miss Universe Laos 2022. (Winner) Miss Universe 2022. (Top 16) Payengxa Lor ( Lao: ນາງ ປ່າເຢັ້ງຊາ ລໍ່; is a Laotian beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Laos 2022. Lor represented Laos at the Miss Universe 2022 held in New Orleans and placed in the top 16.
Miss Laos representatives at International beauty pageants. : Declared as Winner. : Ended as runner-up or top 5/6 qualification. : Ended as one of the Finalists. : Ended as one of the Semi-finalists. : Ended as special awards winner.
The President of the National Assembly of the Lao People's Democratic Republic is the speaker of the National Assembly of Laos.Before 1991, the President of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Lao People's Democratic Republic served as head of state and chairman of the presidium of the National Assembly's predecessor, the Supreme People's Assembly.
The term Laotian is wide, as it either refers to the people born in Laos and its many ethnicities [49 recognized by Laos] (the Hmong people per example) or, the real term for the majority Lao Loum (constituting 69% of the country) that is simply Lao. The “S” in Laos is actually silent, it was added as the plural of Lao during the French ...
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 ).