• The following lists events that happened during 2011 in Laos. Party General Secretary: Choummaly Sayasone President: Choummaly Sayasone Vice President:...
    1 KB (65 words) - 12:44, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for 2011 Laotian parliamentary election
    Parliamentary elections were held in Laos on 30 April 2011. The ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) won 128 of the 132 seats in the National Assembly....
    2 KB (56 words) - 16:22, 22 February 2023
  • Thumbnail for Laos
    Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to...
    107 KB (9,345 words) - 20:54, 6 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Transport in Laos
    This article concerns the systems of transportation in Laos. Laos is a country in Asia, which possesses a number of modern transportation systems, including...
    11 KB (1,275 words) - 08:54, 7 August 2024
  • Mass media in Laos are based on a network of telephone lines and radiotelephone communications in remote areas, as well as mobile phone infrastructure...
    1 KB (120 words) - 19:05, 20 May 2024
  • insurgency in Laos is a low-intensity conflict between the Laotian government on one side and former members of the Secret Army, Laotian royalists, and...
    33 KB (3,444 words) - 02:31, 2 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Laotian Civil War
    The Laotian Civil War was waged between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government from 23 May 1959 to 2 December 1975. The Kingdom of Laos was...
    114 KB (14,127 words) - 04:45, 31 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Economy of Laos
    to Vientiane, Laos. The country opened a stock exchange, the Lao Securities Exchange, in 2011, and has become a rising regional player in its role as a...
    26 KB (2,257 words) - 14:00, 26 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Prostitution in Laos
    Prostitution in Laos is regarded as a criminal activity and can be subject to severe prosecution. It is much less common than in neighbouring Thailand...
    16 KB (1,860 words) - 07:09, 8 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Rail transport in Laos
    Laos has 422 km (262 mi) of 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge railways, primarily consisting of the Boten–Vientiane railway, which opened in December...
    13 KB (1,180 words) - 01:47, 16 September 2024
  • The Laos national football team (Lao: ທິມຊາດ ບານເຕະ ແຫ່ງຊາດ ລາວ; French: Équipe du Laos de football) is the men's national football team that represents...
    43 KB (1,053 words) - 13:57, 9 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Geography of Laos
    Laos is a country in and the only landlocked nation in mainland Southeast Asia, northeast of Thailand and west of Vietnam. It covers approximately 236...
    22 KB (1,691 words) - 07:52, 7 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Boten–Vientiane railway
    part of the Laos-China Railway which is in turn part of the broader Laos-China Economic Corridor.: 129  Laos is the only landlocked country in Southeast...
    29 KB (2,526 words) - 15:22, 29 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Demographics of Laos
    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...
    49 KB (982 words) - 22:00, 23 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wildlife of Laos
    The wildlife of Laos encompasses the animals and plants found in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, a landlocked country in southeastern Asia. Part...
    14 KB (1,690 words) - 03:39, 15 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Laos at the 2011 SEA Games
    Laos is participating at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games which are being held in the cities of Palembang and Jakarta, Indonesia from 11 November 2011 to...
    6 KB (51 words) - 22:45, 20 May 2023
  • Thumbnail for 2011 Laotian presidential election
    An indirect presidential election was held in Laos on 15 June 2011, following the opening ceremony of the newly elected assembly. Incumbent president...
    1 KB (71 words) - 21:17, 20 March 2022
  • Thumbnail for Women in Laos
    Laotian women have long been active participants in their nation's society, involved in politics, driving social transformation and development, becoming...
    10 KB (958 words) - 06:19, 8 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vientiane
    national monuments such as Pha That Luang, a national symbol of Laos and an icon of Buddhism in Laos. Other significant Buddhist temples can be found there as...
    39 KB (3,356 words) - 20:40, 9 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for History of Laos
    modern human presence in the northern and central highlands of Indochina, which constitute the territories of the modern Laotian nation-state, dates back...
    72 KB (9,225 words) - 17:09, 22 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for LGBTQ rights in Laos
    bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights in Laos go unreported and unnoticed. While homosexuality is legal in Laos, it is very difficult to assess the current...
    18 KB (1,943 words) - 20:36, 6 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for President of Laos
    of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, Laos' most powerful position in January 2021, ranking him first in the Politburo. The office of the President...
    14 KB (709 words) - 13:24, 2 November 2024
  • qualify 2023 – Group stage 2025 – Did not qualify Laos has organized the tournament twice, in 2011 and in 2012. 2002: second 2005: third 2006: fourth 2007:...
    12 KB (195 words) - 14:20, 27 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Laos Memorial
    in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, in the United States. The Laos–Hmong memorial commemorates the veterans of the "Secret War" in Laos...
    18 KB (1,909 words) - 23:30, 7 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Laos–United States relations
    Relations between Laos and the United States officially began when the United States opened a legation in Laos in 1950, when Laos was a semi-autonomous...
    25 KB (2,738 words) - 00:30, 27 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Lao People's Armed Forces
    longer in service). Militia self-defence forces number approximately 100,000 organised for local defence. The small arms utilised mostly by the Laotian Army...
    28 KB (1,140 words) - 17:59, 6 November 2024
  • tournament. The year 2011 saw Laos host the AFF Women's Championship for the first time and reach the semifinals for the first time in the competition’s...
    30 KB (743 words) - 14:43, 8 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Visa policy of Laos
    Visitors to Laos must obtain a visa from one of the Laotian diplomatic missions unless they are citizens of one of the visa-exempt countries or citizens...
    15 KB (787 words) - 10:10, 26 October 2024
  • Vang Pao (category Laotian anti-communists)
    on 8 December 1929, in a Hmong village named Nonghet, located in Central Xiangkhuang Province, in the northeastern region of Laos, where his father, Neng...
    50 KB (5,304 words) - 22:58, 13 July 2024
  • production, consumption and import in Laos. The Hongsa Thermal Power Station is an 1,878-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Hongsa District, Sainyabuli...
    18 KB (2,227 words) - 08:53, 27 September 2024