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Official Name of Laos: Lao People's Democratic Republic
Government type in Laos: Communist state
Capital of Laos: Vientiane
Primary Language in Laos: Lao
Currency in Laos: kip

In 1975, the Communist Pathet Lao took control of the government, ending a six-century-old monarchy. Initial closer ties to Vietnam and socialization were replaced with a gradual return to private enterprise, a liberalization of foreign investment laws, and the admission into ASEAN in 1997. Landlocked; most of the country is mountainous and thickly forested; the Mekong forms a large part of the western boundary with Thailand

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» Hadeth El-Joubbeh
» Houeisay

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