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Kelly, Gail P. "Coping with America: Refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos in the 1970s and 1980s." Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 487.1 (1986): 138-149. Larson, Zeb. Gale Researcher Guide for: The Bombings of Laos and Cambodia (Gale, Cengage Learning, 2018). Leary, William M. "CIA air operations in Laos ...
There seemed little recognition of the disparity in forces; 500 Pathet Lao were opposed by an army of about 20,000 Lao regulars. The CDNI-run RLG appealed to the United Nations for help. On 7 September, as the U.N. Security Council opened proceedings on Laos, Phoui declared martial law. A UN investigative subcommittee arrived in Laos on 15 ...
He belonged to the secretive Lao Pen Lao (Laos for the Lao). [4] He was also in the short-lived Lao Issara (Free Laos) [5] government until the French return in 1946 drove him into exile in the Kingdom of Thailand. As part of the Lao Issara command, he briefly ran their military operations in southern Laos in coordination with the Viet Minh. [1]
The foreign relations of Laos, internationally designated by its official name as the Lao People's Democratic Republic, after the takeover by the Pathet Lao in December 1975, were characterized by a hostile posture toward the West, with the government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic aligning itself with the Soviet bloc, maintaining close ties with the Soviet Union and depending heavily ...
This is a list of diplomatic missions of Laos. After gaining independence in 1950 the secluded landlocked country of Laos began establishing diplomatic relations with other countries in the world. It still maintains ties with traditionally Eastern bloc countries, but Laos is now more concerned with developing more practical relationships with ...
A large part of U.S. bilateral assistance to Laos is devoted to improving health and child nutrition. The United States also helps improve trade policy in Laos, promotes sustainable development and biodiversity conservation, and works to strengthen the criminal justice system and law enforcement.
The United Nations' cultural agency recommended Thursday that Laos invite a monitoring mission to the historic city of Luang Prabang, a World Heritage Site where a nearby dam project on the Mekong ...
This is a list of diplomatic missions in Laos. At present, the capital city of Vientiane hosts 27 embassies. Several other countries have missions resident in other ...