Still have fightings in the north and the south, and bombs exploding in Vientiane at least once a month. No way, for two centuries. For now Laos has been colonized by Vietnam since 1975. Will be a Keo Hua Kord slave for a long haul. No democracy in Laos.
Law is under the point of a gun.
If you talk, you either get killed or put in jail. No unity in Laos. Half a million Laotians live in the U.S., France, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, Argentina and other places because they hate communists. Since 1975, Laos is one of those ten poorest nations on earth, according to the UN datasheets. While Lao govt officials drive 4x4 Land Cruiser, Lao peasants walk to work.