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Background: Laos was under the control of Siam (Thailand) from the late 18th century until the late 19th century when it became part of French Indochina. The Franco-Siamese Treaty of 1907 defined the current Lao border with Thailand. 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.



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Bienvenue au Laos
9 days ago: Barbara Joseph published a blog
Bienvenue au Laos
July 17th 2008  Asia » Laos » South » Savannakhet
PART TWO So this part covers Laos. I've been here three weeks now, so it's a looong story. So we slept one night at the border still in Thailand: Chiang Khong. We had our last nice meal, because I h ... 10 photos [full story]

37 days ago: erinjane published a blog
Off the beaten track...
June 19th 2008  Asia » Laos » South » Savannakhet
The funny thing about writing a blog is how to go about doing it...some people painstakingly print out all their work on notes and then put it together when they get to an internet cafe, but I prefer ... [full story]


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