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Time in Laos is given by Indochina Time (ICT) . Laos does not observe daylight saving time. Laos shares the same time zone with Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Christmas Island, and Western Indonesia. [1]
The ASEAN Common Time (ACT) is a proposal to adopt a standard time for all Association of Southeast Asian Nations member states. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was proposed in 1995 by Singapore , and in 2004 and 2015 by Malaysia to make business across countries easier.
Laos, [c] officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR or LPDR), [d] is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. [12] Its capital and most populous city is Vientiane.
In 1893, it became a French protectorate, with the three territories uniting to form what is now known as the country of Laos. It briefly gained freedom in 1945 after Japanese occupation, but was recolonised by France until it won autonomy in 1949. Laos became independent in 1953 under King Sisavang Vong. The capital city is Vientiane.
In the 11th and 12th centuries, the time when the Lao and Thai people are believed to have entered Southeast Asia from southern China, the few remaining Khmer in the area were either killed, removed, or assimilated into the Lao civilization, which would soon overtake the area. [7]
The Vientiane Times is a bilingual English and Lao newspaper, published daily in Vientiane, Laos. Established in 1994 as a weekly, the paper was started by an agency, Lao Press in Foreign Languages, under the Ministry of Information and Culture. [1] It went to twice per week in 1996 and daily in 2004. [1] It runs to 16 pages. [citation needed]
He and his colleague Wu Xiujie, a senior professor from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing, now suggest it may be time to formally recognize a previously ...
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