Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
Khmer Lao people are native to the Preah Vihear, Ratanakiri and Stung Treng provinces with small communities existing in Banteay Meanchey province. They form the dominant ethnicity in Stung Treng, where a consulate of Laos was established and is still being operated. [4] [5] Most Khmer Lao people live in Sesan, Siem Pang and Siem Bok districts ...
Laotian Americans are included in the larger category of Asian Americans. The major immigrant generation were generally refugees who escaped Laos during the warfare and disruption of the 1970s, and entered refugee camps in Thailand across the Mekong River. They emigrated to the United States during the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s.
Xinh Mul (population of 3,164 in Laos, including Phong-Kniang and Puoc, also known as the Sing Mun) Tibeto-Burman. Lolo ethnicity. Kaw (population of approximately 58,000 in Laos) Hani (population of 1,122 in Phongsaly Province) Kaduo (population of 5,000 on Laos-China border) Lahu (population of 8,702 in Laos, also referred to as Museu)
Laos is a country in Southeast Asia. The country's population was estimated at 7.43 million in 2021, dispersed unevenly across the country. Most people live in valleys of the Mekong River and its tributaries. Vientiane Prefecture, which includes Vientiane, the capital and largest city of the country, had 820,924 residents as of the 2015 census.
Vientiane ( / viˌɛntiˈɑːn / ; Lao: ວຽງຈັນ, Viangchan, pronounced [wía̯ŋ t͡ɕàn]) is the capital and largest city of Laos. Comprising the five urban districts of Vientiane Prefecture, the city is located on the banks of the Mekong, right at the border with Thailand. Vientiane was the administrative capital during French ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Laos: Laos is a landlocked, sovereign nation in Southeast Asia. [1] Laos borders Burma ( Myanmar) and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. Laos traces its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or "Land of a Million ...
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 ).