LAOS - A Country Study Search Laos Include word variants Use only words as entered. LAOS Foreword Acknowledgments Preface Table A. Chronology of Important Events COUNTRY PROFILE GEOGRAPHY SOCIETY ECONOMY TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS NATIONAL SECURITY Introduction Chapter 1. Historical Setting EARLY HISTORY Power Centers in the Middle Mekong Valley Mongol Influence ...

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INFO Facts History Travel Info Hotels PLACES Vientiane Luang Prabang Plain of Jars Champassak LAO People's Democratic Republic Land of a Million Elephants Laos is truly a Mekong country, the river runs its full length. It is a quiet, unexplored jewel of Southeast Asia with only 4.1 million people. Landlocked between China, Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, Laos has long remained isolated.