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President 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 .

Since the early 21st century, the California-born khaen player Jonny Olsen has achieved familiarity in Laos and Thailand by appearing on numerous Thai and Lao TV Shows and performing live concerts in Thailand and the U.S. Olsen is the first foreigner to win a khaen championship in Khon Kaen, Thailand in 2005.

The Lao language ( ພາສາລາວ) is the official language of the Lao People's Democratic Republic and its official script is the Lao alphabet. [33] As the dominant language of most of the Lao Loum and therefore most of the Lao population, the language is enshrined as the dominant language of education, government, and official use. [33]

Free-to-air television stations include: Channel 3 (Cambodia) TV3 Asia TV5 Cambodia National Television of Cambodia CTV9 (Cambodian Television Channel 9 or Channel 9) Apsara TV Cambodian Television Network (CTN) Bayon Television MYTV CNC (Cambodia News Channel) SEATV (Southeast Asian Television) BTV News ETV PNN CTV8HD (Cambodia)

There are an estimated 14,900 ethnic Lao living in Vietnam, mostly in the northern provinces of Lai Chau, Dien Bien and Son La. [5] Laotian presence in the country has a long history and was accelerated during the French colonization of Indochina, when Laotian students were able to move to Hanoi and receive higher education at the city's French …