Laos
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Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia, and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest,
The Mekong flowing through Luang Prabang
Ruins of Muang Khoun, former capital of Xiangkhouang province, destroyed by the American bombing of Laos in the 1960s
Pathet Lao soldiers in Vientiane, 1973
The seat of the National Assembly of Laos, the supreme state organ of power.
Thongloun Sisoulith
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Thongloun Sisoulith is a Laotian politician and historian who serves as the general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and the seventh president of Laos since 2021.
Laos
…66.0% Buddhism 30.7% Tai folk religion 1.5% Christianity 1.8% other/none Demonym Laotian Government Communist state • General Secretary and President Thongloun Sisoulith • Vice President Viengthong Siphandone • Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone • President of the National Assembly Sounthone Xayachack (acting) • Chief…
Thongloun in 2026
Thongloun meeting with Shinzo Abe on 30 May 2019 when they were Prime Ministers
Thongloun and his daughter with President of the United States Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama, 2009
Thongloun with Russian president Vladimir Putin before the Moscow Victory Day Parade in Moscow, Russia, 9 May 2024