Crime is present in various forms in Laos. The US State Department warns that Vang Vieng is a location in Laos of high risk for tourists in relation to...

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country and one of the two Marxist-Leninist states in Southeast Asia...

organizations usually involved in human trafficking operations, commonly found in Southeast Asia, including Cambodia, Myanmar, or Laos, and usually operated by...

In 1994, Laos was the world's third largest producer of opium, primarily in the northern provinces. Narcotics trafficking in Laos is difficult to control...

violence by security forces. Officers Enlisted Crime in Laos Directorate of National Coordination (DNC) Laotian Civil War Lao People's Armed Forces Royal Lao...

The extent of sex trafficking in Laos is unknown because of the lack of data, the concealed nature of sex trafficking crimes, and other factors. Anti-sex...

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Laos is primarily a source country for women and girls trafficked for commercial sexual exploitation and labor exploitation as domestics or factory workers...

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...

Laotian Americans (Lao: ຄົນລາວອາເມລິກາ, romanized: Khonlav Amelika) are Americans who trace their ancestry to Laos. Laotian Americans are included in...

Deforestation in Laos is a major environmental concern, with Laos losing forest area to legal and illegal logging. In 2020, more than 2,600 cubic metres...

activities in Laos started in the 1950s. In 1959, U.S. Special Operations Forces (Military and CIA) began to train some Laotian soldiers in unconventional...

The Internet in Laos was first introduced in 1997, with the two commercial ISP services starting in 1999, specifically PlaNet Computers and GlobeNet. These...

Crime in India has been recorded since the British Raj, with comprehensive statistics now compiled annually by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)...

Organized crime is a category of transnational, national, or local group of centralized enterprises run to engage in illegal activity, most commonly for...

This page is about the Laotian Penal System. In 2002, it was reported that the normal function of a defence lawyer in a Laotian court was to argue mitigating...

against organized crime". CNN. Berlinger, Joshua (8 December 2020). "Is an alleged drug kingpin from China investing millions in a port in Laos?". CNN. Retrieved...

Crime is present in various forms in Vietnam. According to the United States 2016 OSAC Crime report, Hanoi is rated as medium in Overall Crime and Safety...

the Mekong River in the Ton Pheung District of Bokeo Province in Laos. The zone has an area about 3,000 hectares and was created in 2007 by the Lao government...

The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina...

Crime in Thailand has been a defining issue in the country for decades, inspiring years of policy and international criticism. Drug use and corruption...

Theravada Buddhism is the largest religion in Laos, which is practiced by 66% of the population. Lao Buddhism is a unique version of Theravada Buddhism...

Crime in Toronto has been low in comparison to other major cities. In 2024, a ranking of 60 large cities by The Economist ranked Toronto as the 6th safest...

Organised Crime and Gangs in Australia refers to the activities of various groups of crime families, organised crime syndicates or underworld activities...

The Laotian legal system is not determined by a democratic parliament or by legal precedent, but by the arbitrary rule of Laos's single party. The main...

Abortion in Laos was on the whole illegal before 2021, when the law was changed to allow the termination of pregnancy in certain circumstances. Under...

During its imperial era, the Empire of Japan committed numerous war crimes and crimes against humanity across various Asian-Pacific nations, notably during...

(1993). Tragic mountains: the Hmong, the Americans, and the secret wars for Laos, 1942-1992. Indiana State University. pp. 359–361. ISBN 978-0-253-20756-2...

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...

refugees in the late 1970s. Over half of the Hmong population from Laos left the country, or attempted to leave, in 1975, at the culmination of the Laotian Civil...