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During the Vietnam War the border was crossed by Viet Cong supply lines, most notably the Ho Chi Minh Trail, causing it to be heavily bombed by American forces. [3] Following the victory of the Communists in 1975 in both Vietnam and Laos, a border treaty was signed in 1976 based on the colonial-era border line. [3]
Laos–Vietnam border crossings (2 P) Pages in category "Laos–Vietnam border" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
Although the Mekong was established as a border by French colonial forces, travel from one side to the other has been significantly limited only since the establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR, or Laos) in 1975. [1] The eastern border with Vietnam extends for 2,130 kilometres, mostly along the crest of the Annamite Chain ...
Laos, [c] officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR or LPDR), [d] is a 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.
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The road was built to connect the towns along the Mekong River in present-day Laos over the Annamite Range to the Vietnamese coast. [1] With the partition of Vietnam following the First Indochina War, Route 9 was the northernmost West-East road in South Vietnam and ran roughly parallel to the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone. Map of the ...
France and China had already determined the border between Tonkin (northern Vietnam) and China in 1887 following the Sino-French War. [3] Laos was then added to the colony in 1893 following the Franco-Siamese crisis, and a border agreement delimiting the China-Laos boundary at its current position was signed on 20 June 1895.
The length of each border is included, as is the total length of each country's or territory's borders. [ 1 ] Countries or territories that are connected only by man-made structures such as bridges, causeways or tunnels are not considered to have land borders.