Original: Laos ( , , or ) , officially the Lao People 's Democratic Republic , is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia , bordered by Burma and People 's Republic of China to the northwest , Vietnam to the east , Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west .
Simplified: It is bordered by Myanmar ( used to be known in English as '' Burma '' ) and by China to the northwest , by Vietnam to the east , by Cambodia to the south , and by Thailand to the west .