Laos

Laos (, , atawa ), resmina Républik Démokratik Rahayat Lao, nyaéta nagara nu singkur di Asia Tenggara, diwatesan ku Burma (Myanmar) jeung Cina di kulon kaler, Vietnam di  béh wetan, Kamboja di kidul, sarta Thailand di  béh kulonna. Laos nyukcruk sajarahna ka Karajaan Lan Xang atawa Lemah Sayuta Gajah, nu aya ti saprak abad ka-14 tepi ka 18. Sanggeus sapériodeu minangka jajahan Perancis, Laos merfika taun 1949. Perang sipil resmi rengse nalika gerakan komunis Pathet Lao ngawasa taun 1975 tapi paketrok antar faksi masih lumangsung sababaraha taun lilana.

Pausahaan pribadi geus nambahan saprak ahir 1990-an nalika reformasi ekonomi kaasup diwanohkeunnana idin bisnis nu gancang. Laos kaasup kénéh di antara nagara panghandapna sacara ekonomis katut pulitis.  Sanajan kitu, ekonomi Laos tuwuh 7.2% dina taun 2006, ka-35 panggancangna sadunya. 80% of the employed practice subsistence agriculture. Etnis nagara ieu béda-béda, kalayan 70%-na mangrupa kelompok etnis panggedéna nyaéta Lao.

Rengking internasional

Tempo ogé 
 List of Laos-related topics
 Communications in Laos
 Lambang Laos
 Foreign relations of Laos
 List of indices of freedom
 Companies in Laos
 Militér Laos
 Scouting in Laos 
 Angkutan di Laos

Pamingpin minoritas etnis di Laos
 Pa Chay Vue
 Ong Keo
 Ong Kommandam

Catetan jeung rujukan 

 Fredenburg, P. and B. Hill. 2006. Sharing Rice for Peace and Prosperity in the Greater Mekong Subregion. Sid Harta Publishers, Victoria. ISBN 1-921206-08-X. pp271.
 J. M. Schiller, M. B. Chanphengxay, B. Linquist and S. Appa Rao, editors. 2006. Rice in Laos. Los Banos, (Philippines). International Rice Reséarch Institute. 457 p. ISBN 978-971-22-0211-7.
 Stuart-Fox, M. 1999. A History of Laos. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-59235-6.
 Fifteen years of support for rice research in Lao PDR

Tumbu luar 

 United Nations Operations in Lao P.D.R -RB-
 UNDP Lao Official Website -RB-
 The National Assembly of Lao P.D.R.
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Lao P.D.R.
 Ministry of Trade of Lao P.D.R.
 Laos tourism 
 Ministry of Commerce of Lao P.D.R.
 National Statistics Centre of Lao P.D.R.
 CIA - The World Factbook: Laos 
 
 WWF in Laos
 Vientiane Times: the official newspaper
 Vientiane Times: the unofficial website 
 Lao Cuisine  Lao Food and drinks
 Lao Music  Latest modérn and traditional Lao Music
 Lao Planet Lao News with popularity vote
 Lao News  Daily Lao News
 Lao Voices  Blogs about Laos
 KPL Daily News  Lao News Agency
 Laos.fr community 
 Plumeria flowers - La fleur de frangipaniers, symbole du Laos 
 U.S. Operations to Remove UXO - Weston, WI 
 Laos Cultural Profile (Ministry of Information and Culture/Visiting Arts)
 Half of Laos' rural children chronically malnourished, says WFP  

 
Anggota ASEAN
Nagara miskin