Laos
COUNTRY · 10 article mentions
Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia, and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. Laos has a population of more than 6 million, and its capital and most populous city is Vientiane. It has three UNESCO World Heritage Sites: the town of Luang Prabang, the temple complex of Vat Phou, and the Plain of Jars. The 2021 completion of the Boten–Vientiane railway, Laotian section of the Laos–China Railway (LCR), connects Vientiane to Kunming.
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos
Wikidata: Q819
Recent mentions
- Diver details "heartwarming" moments after miners emerged from Laos cave
- Four more men freed from flooded Laos cave in hazardous rescue mission
- Four more Laos gold miners rescued from flooded cave
- First of seven trapped men rescued from flooded Laos cave
- Laos miner emerges from cave where group has been trapped, organization says
- Five villagers found alive in Laos cave as search continues for two missing
- 5 of 7 people trapped in flooded Laos cave for more than a week found alive
- Diver in Laos miner rescue effort: "We have high hopes that they are still alive"
- Thai rescuers join effort to free seven people trapped in Laos cave
- Forecasters predict wildfires, floods, severe heatwaves from incoming El Niño