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	Lao people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Lao speak various dialects of Lao and Isan, which are in turn often considered to be a single language.
		The history of the Lao is primarily the history of Laos and the history of Isan.
		Most of the differences between Lao and Isan are due either to the greater use of Thai loan words in Isan, and to the adoption of different neologisms for concepts introduced since the division of Laos and Isan in the late 19th century (e.g.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lao_people (795 words)

	PREAMBLE
		Lao citizens 18 years of age and over have the right to vote and the right to be elected at the age of 21 and over except insane persons and the persons whose rights to vote and to be elected have been revoked by a court.
		Lao citizens have the right and freedom of speech, press and assembly; and have the right to set up associations and to stage demonstrations which are not contrary to the law.
		Lao citizens have the right and freedom to conduct study and to apply advanced sciences, techniques and technologies; to create artistic and literary works and to engage in cultural activities which are not contrary to the law.
	www.cmseducation.org /wconsts/lao.html (4028 words)

	The People of Laos
		Lao officials distinguish four basic ethnolinguistic groups: the Lao-Lum, or valley Lao; the Lao-Tai, or tribal Tai; the Lao-Theung, better known as the Mon-Khmer; and the Lao-Soung, or Hmong and Man. Mountain people sometimes are called Kha ("Slaves"), a pejorative term.
		These people do not form a single coherent group but rather include between 25 and 30 distinct groups, some of which are closely related while others are only tenuously identified as being part of this linguistic group.
		Prior to the establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR) in 1975, it was accurate to say that the Lao-Lum peoples had a distinct pattern of culture and dress.
	www.tuvy.com /Countries/Laos/people_of_laos.htm (973 words)

	East Asian Studies Documents: Constitution of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, 1948
		All powers are of the people, by the people and for the interests of the multi-ethnic people of all strata in society with the workers, farmers and intellectuals as key components.
		The rights of the multi-ethnic people to be the masters of the country are exercised and ensured through the functioning of the political system with the Lao People's Revolutionary Party as its leading nucleus.
		The Lao People's Democratic Republic pursues the foreign policy of peace, independence, friendship and cooperation; and promotes the relations and cooperation with all countries on the basis of the principles of peaceful coexistence ; respect for - each other's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity; non-interference in each other's internal affairs ; equality and mutual inerests.
	www.isop.ucla.edu /eas/documents/laos-const.htm (1246 words)

	~ laoconnection.com - Lao Language
		Lao, or Laotian, is the official language of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
		Lao is a part of the Tai (not to be confused with the word Thai) sub-group of the Sino-Tibetan language group.
		A word of warning though for those who wish to learn Pasa Lao, is that when you scroll down to view all the parts of this language it may appear to be intimidating because of some of the rules, all the consonants, vowels and dipthongs.
	laoconnection.com /language1.htm (1054 words)

	The EU's relations with Lao People’s Democratic Republic - Overview
		In April 1997 the EC signed the Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and the Lao People's Democratic Republic which is the legal basis of EU co-operation towards the Lao PDR.
		Lao PDR exports to the EU were valued at €144 million in 2005, making the EU the second most important trading partner and the first export destination.
		In 2005–2006 a further €4 million was allocated to strengthen Lao small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) sector (€3 million) and to promote good governance (€1 million) in the field of legal reform, notably the adoption and enforcement of international legislation and support to the decentralisation process.
	ec.europa.eu /comm/external_relations/lao/intro/index.htm (606 words)

	Laos Travel Guide
		Lao Loum are a subgroup of the Austro-Thai people and speak the Lao language.
		Lao Tai are closely related to the Lao Loum and are officially classified in that group.
		Lao Tai are further subdivided into sub groups by the colour of their traditional clothing, ie Black, White, Red Tai.
	www.laos-hotels.com /travel-guide/laos/people.htm (790 words)

	Lao People's Revolutionary Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the mid-1940s, a campaign to recruit Laotian members was instigated and in 1946 or 1947, Kaysone Phomvihan, a law student at the University of Hanoi, was recruited, along with Nouhak Phoumsavan.
		A movement known as the Pathet Lao (Land of Laos) was founded and the Vietnamese convinced Prince Souphanouvong to be its figurehead leader.
		In 1956 a legal political wing of the Pathet Lao, the Lao Patriotic Front (Neo Lao Hak Xat), was founded and participated in several coalition governments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lao_People's_Revolutionary_Party (1126 words)

	Lao Vision Magazine - Summer 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		In some of the neighboring countries, Laos is called Ai Lao, or "The Land of the Lao Brothers." Many people have lived in the country for years without ever having seen even one elephant or one white parasol.
		Laos is chiefly an agricultural society of small villages where cooperation, not competition, is the driving social force.
		The Lao people, most of them, have nothing except the animals they raise, the rice they plant, and things they make with their hands.
	www.laovision.net /issues/summer2003/education/whoAreTheLao.htm (1379 words)

	Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Landmine Monitor Report 2003
		Laos is party to the Convention on Conventional Weapons and its original Protocol II on landmines, but it did not attend any CCW-related meetings in the reporting period.
		Laos is mainly affected by unexploded ordnance (UXO) dating back to the Indochina War, especially the period from 1964 to 1973, when it is estimated that more than two million tons of ordnance were dropped on Laos.
		According to the national clearance agency UXO LAO, the minefields (as opposed to UXO) have a limited impact on the civilian population and are not considered a priority for clearance.
	www.icbl.org /lm/2003/lao.html (4915 words)

	Lao alphabet, pronunciation and language
		After the unification of the Lao principalities (meuang) in the 14th century, the Lan Xang monarchs commissioned their scholars to create a new script to write the Lao language.
		The modern Lao script retains many aspects of the appearance of the early Thai script which have disappeared from the modern Thai script.
		Lao, a Thai-Kadai language spoken by approximately 15 million people in Laos and Thailand.
	www.omniglot.com /writing/lao.htm (516 words)

	SeripasathipataiLao/Laofreedom (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Some of our people were sent back to Laos as a result of a bounty placed on their heads set by Lao government Secret Services to be imprisoned or killed by government authority.
		On behalf of the Lao Liberal Democratic Party, which has always supported the struggle for peaceful change in Laos, I highly urge you to persuade the Lao government to recognize that the Lao Liberal Democratic and Freedom Fighters do not fight against the current government and their members.
		We fight to unite all of the Lao peoples and to liberate the democracy leading to guarantee all of the basic human rights and dignity for all Lao peoples.
	www.laofreedom.com (1432 words)

	Welcome to Lao Center -Home
		The goal of the Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota is to help Lao people achieve successful economic integration while preserving their cultural integrity and history.
		Lao Assistance Center of Minnesota (LACM) is a nonprofit corporation organized in 1983.
		Members of the Minneapolis Lao community formed LACM in response to the critical need of Lao refugee and immigrant population in Minnesota to aid in social adjustment, education, economic and social self-sufficiency, while preserving the cultural integrity and history of Lao people.
	www.laocenter.org (352 words)

	Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Landmine Monitor Report 2004
		Laos is the most bombed country per capita in world history, with more than two million tons of ordnance, including 80 million cluster bombs or “bombies,” dropped during the Indochina War especially between 1964-1973.
		In 1999, the totals were 178,846 persons from 747 villages; in 2000, 256,582 people in 814 villages; in 2001, an estimated 182,000 people in 766 villages; in 2002, 160,053 people in 683 villages; and in 2003, 130,169 in 512 villages.
		Laos is a signatory to the ESCAP Proclamation on Disabilities.
	www.icbl.org /lm/2004/lao (9774 words)

	WTO \| Accession status: Lao People's Democratic Republic
		The Lao People's Democratic Republic's Working Party was established on 19 February 1998.
		Laos is officially the “Lao People’s Democratic Republic” or “Lao PDR”, but familiarly “Laos”.
		The Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR) kicked off its membership negotiations on 28 October 2004 by outlining the reforms it has already undertaken and calling on members to take account of its status as a land-locked, least-developed country without a representative in Geneva.
	www.wto.org /english/thewto_e/acc_e/a1_laos_e.htm (172 words)

	The Normalization of Trade Relations with the Lao People's Democratic Republic
		The Lao Minister of Commerce led a five-member delegation on a one-week visit to Washington in late April to talk with administration officials and members of Congress about normal trade relations and other issues that are hindering the consideration of NTR for Laos by Congress.
		Laos hasn't reported any SARS cases, but it's expected to suffer from Asia's current general decline in tourism due to fears of the disease.
		Laos "continues to be one of the world's most reprehensible abusers of human rights -- with a repertoire that includes torture, harsh restrictions on the press and free speech, and imprisonment of people for their religious beliefs," they said.
	www.laosdemocracy.com /Forum/ntrnews_may2003.htm (4113 words)

	Laos - Lao People's Revolutionary Party - LPRP
		In 1956 the LPP founded the Neo Lao Hak Xat (Lao Patriotic Front--LPF) the political party of the Pathet Lao (Lao Nation, to act as the public mass political organization.
		The average age of a Central Committee member in 1986 was fifty-two, with the oldest seventy-seven and the youngest thirty-three.
		Laos was also free to pursue an independent foreign policy.
	countrystudies.us /laos/85.htm (2758 words)

	Lao Wisdom, bringing Laotians and all for unity and better understanding of Laos
		It's estimated that more bombs were dropped on Laos than were used during the whole of World War II.
		The Lao People's Democratic Republic is proclaimed, with the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) the only legal political party.
		All but one of the 166 candidates are from the governing Lao People's Revolutionary Party.
	www.laowisdom.com /news5.html (581 words)

	An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for Lao People’s Democratic Republic including economic and travel ...
		Lao People's Democratic Republic, or Laos in its short form is a communist state which is bordered by Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, China and Myanmar (Burma) and forms part of the Southern Asia region.
		The official language is Lao and dialects of Lao, however French and English is also spoken.
		Laos is a poor, landlocked country that became a communist state in 1975.
	www.mbendi.co.za /land/as/la/p0005.htm (579 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Chinese president meets Lao National Assembly President on ties, cooperation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		China and Laos have been friendly neighbors since ancient times, and recent years have witnessed the all-around development of the relationship between the two countries and two parties, Hu said.
		The Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Chinese government stand ready to work with their Lao counterparts to promote their all-around cooperative relations of long-term stability, good-neighborliness and mutual trust to a new height, said Hu, who is also the general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.
		Noting that China's National People's Congress (NPC) and the Lao National Assembly face the same fask of fostering socialist democracy and strengthening the socialist legal system in their respective countries, Hu said it was important for the two sides to increase exchanges.
	english.people.com.cn /200611/20/eng20061120_323397.html (339 words)

	Lao PDR Constitution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The Enterprise established in the Lao PDR may be either a new company or a branch or representative of5ce of a foreign company.
		Article 8: A foreign investment which is a Lao branch or representative office of a foreign company sha11 have Articles of Association which shall be consistent with the laws and regulations of the Lao PDR and subject to the approval of the Foreign investment Management Committee of the Lao PDR.
		Article 23: All foreign investments established within the Lao PDR shall be assisted, licensed and monitored through the "1-stop-service" of the FIMC, acting as the central focal point for all Government interactions with the investors, with the collaboration of the concerned ministries and the relevant provincial authorities.
	www.laoembassy.com /news/download/l1na940314.html (1871 words)

	VientianeTimes.com -- The Gateway to Democracy!
		The “Lao People’s Revolutionary Party” (Lao communists) has transformed the police department into its own enforcement division to ensure strict adherence to the edicts of the communist party and spy on the people.
		The Lao nationalist Reform Party is confident that now is the time to put an end to the terror of the Lao Communist Govt that has lingered on since the day they took over power in Laos in Dec. 2, 1975.
		An Australian woman who suffered through nearly a year in a Lao jail Tuesday took her harrowing tale of life in the communist gulag to the US Congress, as opposition mounted to a bid to expand Laotian trade benefits.
	www.vientianetimes.com /Lao_forum_section.html (953 words)

	Fidel sends congratulatory message to president of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party
		"Since its foundation, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party has led the people of Laos in their heroic struggle for independence, defeating French colonialism and Yankee imperialism, and heads the nation today in the battle for the defense of its sovereignty and the development of the country," stated one part of the letter.
		Balaguer recalled the struggles of the people and the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party against French colonialism and US imperialism and emphasized that relations between Cuba and Laos are growing stronger every day.
		Ambassador Langsy recalled various historic moments of the struggle of his people and Party, and highlighted the magnificent relationship between Cuba and Laos.
	www.granma.cu /ingles/2005/marzo/mier23/13lao.html (312 words)

	Lao People's Democratic Republic (LAO) - ADB.org
		Lao People's Democratic Republic has been a member of ADB since 1966.
		Laos and ADB signed the Poverty Reduction Partnership Agreement on 28 September 2001.
		The Lao Resident Mission in Vientiane, Lao PDR plans, coordinates, and helps implement ADB's development work in the country.
	www.adb.org /LaoPDR (155 words)

	LAOS HUMAN RIGHTS-2
		Witnesses and victims in Laos reported that the Communist Lao and Vietnamese soldiers killed over 1,000 Hmong people in Laos between July 2003 and February 2004, and captured more than 500 Hmong people, including men, women and children.
		Victims and witnesses in Laos reported that the Communist Lao government of the LPDR and the Vietnamese government have killed more than 300,000 people in Laos from 1975 to 2004.
		The Communist Lao government of the LPDR continues to conduct the war against Hmong people in Xieng Khouang, Borikhamxay, Vientiane, and Houaphan Provinces, in the Xaisomboun Region, and in other remote areas in Laos.
	www.laoveterans.com /photo3.html (232 words)

	Welcome to Lao Center -Resource Guide
		Brings Lao people who just arrived in Warroad together, helps them with self-sufficiency and adjusting to American culture, promotes Lao arts and culture in collaboration with other agencies.
		Purpose is "to represent, without charge, low-income people and people of color who have legal problems associated with the juvenile justice, criminal justice, and child welfare systems."
		Lao Women Association - Empowers Lao women, girls and their families through advocacy, social services, youth program, leadership development, and traditional music/dance program.
	www.laocenter.org /?active_page_id=23 (1295 words)

	Lao People's Democratic Republic and the IMF -- Page 1 of 4
		Lao People's Democratic Republic: Financial Position in the Fund
		Listed below are items related to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, in reverse chronological order (you can also view items by category).
		On behalf of: Brunei Darussalam, Fiji, Indonesia, Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, Thailand, Tonga, Vietnam.
	www.imf.org /external/country/LAO/index.htm (607 words)

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