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TheLaoPeople’sDemocraticRepublicCapital:VientianeOfficiallanguage:LaoOfficialcurrency:Kip2021/5/91NationalflagThewhitedisksymbolizestheunityofthepeopleundertheleadershipoftheLaoPeople'sRevolutionaryPartyandthecountry'sbrightfuture.Theredstripesstandforthebloodshedbythepeopleintheirstruggleforfreedom.Thebluestripesymbolizestheirprosperity.2021/5/92LaosnationalfloweristhePlumeria(champa).

2021/5/932021/5/94GeographyLaoPDRisalandlockedcountryandliesamongThailand,Myanmar,China,VietnamandCambodia.Thetotallandareaisapproximately237,000sqkm—anareasimilartothatoftheUnitedKingdom.

2021/5/95GeographyThemainfeaturesofthecountryareitsmountainsandtheMekongRivervalley.OverhalfofLaosisforest.MekongRiver2021/5/96ClimateLaoshasamonsoonclimatewithadryandawetseason.ThedryseasonlastsfromNovembertoMaywiththecoolerperiodinDecemberandJanuary.Therainyseasonandrainfallvariesaccordingtoaltitude.Generally,therainyseasonproducesheavyrainsthatlastforshortperiodsoftime.2021/5/97History

Formuchofitshistory,Laoshasbeenunderthethumbofitsneighbors—atvarioustimes,theCambodians,Burmese,Vietnamese,Chinese,andSiamese(Thais).Afterexperiencingmanywarescausedeitherbyforeigninvadersordomesticfighters,LaospeopledeclaredtheirindependenceandthefoundingoftheLaoPeople’sDemocraticRepubliconDecember2,1975.2021/5/98Population

TheLaopeopleareknownfortheirgentlepolitenatureandfortheircharminghospitality.TherearethreemajorethnicgroupsinLaos:LaosLoum(老龙族),LaoTheung(老听族),andLaoSung(老松族),whicharefurtherdividedinto68ethnicgroups2021/5/99Economy

1CNY=1206.0038LAKLaosisoneofthepoorestandleastvisitedcountriesintheworld.80%ofthecountry’sworkforceisinvolvedinsubsistenceagriculture,whichmakesupabouthalfoftheGDP,withglutinousricethecountry’smainagriculturalproduct.2021/5/9102021/5/9112021/5/912EconomyHeavilyreliantonforeignaid—mainlyfromSweden,Japan,Thailand,TaiwanandAustralia—theLaoeconomyhahbeenmakingremarkableprogressupuntil1997.However,whenThailand—Laos’schieftradingpartner—wasbroughtlowbythe1997economiccrisis,Laoswasalsohardlyhit,withgrowthratesdroppingtojust1.5%.2021/5/913EconomyLaosstillstruggleswithaverybasicinfrastructure:

Manyroadsareimpassableduringthemonsoon,andtherearenorailways.Onlylargeurbanareashaveaccesstoregularpowersupplies.Telecommunicationsarestillverybasic.

Tuktuk–“taxi”inLao2021/5/914MaincitiesVientiane

万象LuangPrabangCity

琅勃拉邦VangVieng万荣2021/5/915VientianeItisisthecapitalandlargestcityofLaos.

Theoriginalmeaningofthenameis"cityofsandalwood",thistreebeinghighlyvaluedinclassicalIndiaforitsfragrance.2021/5/916PhaThatLuang(塔銮)ItisaBuddhiststupa(舍利塔),oneofthemostfamousinLaos.Itisthemostimportantnationalculturalmonumentandverypopularamongstforeigntourist.2021/5/917BuddhaPark(XiengKhuan)

佛像花园（香昆寺）

Itisasculptureparklocated25kmsoutheastfromVientiane.Thestatuesaremadeofcementandareornate,andsometimesbizarre,indesign.2021/5/9182021/5/9192021/5/920Patuxai凯旋门Patuxai,literallymeaningVictoryGateorGateofTriumph,isdedicatedtothosewhofoughtinthestruggleforindependencefromFrance.2021/5/9212021/5/922Energeticvisitorscanclimbtothetopofthemonument,whichrevealsanexcellentpanoramicviewofthecity.

2021/5/923LuangPrabangCity

LuangPrabang,aUNESCOWorldHeritagecity,isanoutstandingexampleofthefusionofLaotraditionalarchitectureanditsurbanstructurebuiltbytheEuropeancolonialauthoritiesinthe19century.ThecityiswellknownforitsnumerousBuddhisttemplesandmonasteries.2021/5/9242021/5/9252021/5/926Everymorning,hundredsofmonksfromthevariousmonasterieswalkthroughthestreetscollectingalms.2021/5/927VangVieng

VangViengisatourism-orientedtowninLaos.Themostnotablefeatureoftheareaisthekarsthilllandscapesurroundingthetown.2021/5/928VangVie