Laos is the heart of the S.E. Asia and has a land area of 236,800 square kilometres and a population of about 5.5 million and shares common borders with five countries, viz. the People’s Republic of China, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Union of Myanmar. Laos with no access to the seas fell prey to two types of colonialism and neo-colonialism and carried out long years of struggles ...
