Savannakhet, officially named Kaysone Phomvihane since 2005, and previously known as Khanthaboury, is a city in western Laos. It is the capital of Savannakhet Province. With a population of 125,760, i
The commercial centre of Kaysone Phomvihane, Savannakhet Province
Kaysone Phomvihane was a Laotian politician and revolutionary who served as the first leader of the Communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 until his death in 1992. After the Communists s
Savannakhet
…was changed to Kaysone Phomvihane in 2005, while retaining its status as the provincial capital of Savannakhet Province. The city is the birthplace of Kaysone Phomvihane, the first leader of Laos from 1975 to 1992 after the dissolution of the Kingdom of Laos. In 2018, its status was upgraded to that of a "city". In order…
Kaysone in 1978
Materials used by Kaysone Phomvihane in an oath-taking ceremony in 1948