On June 4, 2007, following a lengthy federal investigation labeled " Operation Tarnished Eagle ," warrants were issued by U. S. federal courts ordering the arrest of Vang Pao and nine others for allegedly plotting to overthrow the communist government of Laos, in violation of the federal Neutrality Acts.

On 29 May 1961, President John F. Kennedy issued a directive letter to the United States Ambassador to Laos Leonard S. Unger granting Unger the authority to control "... all the functions of a Military Assistance Advisory Group ...".

During the early years of the Vietnam War, the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal was issued for initial operations in South Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.

In 1953, the Cambodia branch of the Institut d ' Emission des Etats du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam issued notes dual denominated in piastre and riel with the riel being at par with the piastre.

" In the end Phibun discarded months of Foreign Ministry recommendations and on February 28 issued formal recognition of the royal governments of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.

In 1953, the Laos branch of the Institut d ' Emission des Etats du Cambodge, du Laos et du Vietnam issued notes dual degnominated in piastre and kip.

Coins were again issued in Laos for the first time in 28 years in 1980 with denominations of 10, 20 and 50 att, with each being struck in aluminum and depicting the state emblem on the obverse and agricultural themes on the reverse.

The Laos government said four major Pathet Lao rebel attacks had been launched, heavily supported by troops from Communist North Viet Nam.

In the other four de jure socialist states existing today — China, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam — the ruling Parties hold Marxism – Leninism as their official ideology, although they give it different interpretations in terms of practical policy.

Thai cuisine is more accurately described as four regional cuisines corresponding to the four main regions of the country: Northern, Northeastern ( or Isan ), Central, and Southern, each cuisine sharing similar foods or foods derived from those of neighboring countries and regions: Burma to the northwest, the Chinese province of Yunnan and Laos to the north, Vietnam and Cambodia to the east and Malaysia to the south of Thailand.

The region now comprised four independent countries: North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos.

On their side, the United States flew four B-26 Invader bombers from Taiwan into Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, poised to strike into Laos.

Some of them he acquired in 1960 from composer Allyn Ferguson, who returned from Laos with four of them, and subsequently wrote for angklung in his scores, including Charlie ’ s Angels.

The four corners of the gateways are adorned by statues of a Naga King ( mythical symbol of Laos ), with a depiction signifying spraying of a jet of water ( suggesting nature, fertility, welfare and happiness ) into the ponds on the ground.

By 1770, Alaungpaya's heirs had temporarily defeated Siam ( 1767 ), subdued much of Laos ( 1765 ) and defeated four invasions by Qing China ( 1765 – 1769 ).

Saek ( Sek ; Thai: ภาษาแสก ) is a Tai language spoken in at least ten villages in Khammouane Province, Laos, and at least four villages in Nakhon Phanom Province in northeastern Thailand, just across the Mekong River.

This resultet in Indochina being divided into four countries: North Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos and Kampuchea.

France withdraws from Indochina, leaving four independent states: Cambodia, Laos, and what became North Vietnam and South Vietnam.

But by week's end the Laotian cry of invasion was read as an exaggeration ( see foreign news ), and the U.S. was agreeing with its cautious British and French allies that a neutralist -- rather than a pro-Western -- government might be best for Laos.

In 2007, the Laotian Ministry of Transportation entered into discussion with Vietnam to discuss the possibility of opening a new railway line from Thakhek in Laos through the Mu Gia Pass to Tan Ap Railway Station in Vietnam's Quang Binh Province, on the North – South Railway.

* December 2 – In Laos, the communist party of the Pathet Lao takes over Vientiane and defeat the Kingdom of Laos which ends the Laotian Civil War but the ongoing Insurgency in Laos begins with the Pathet Lao fighting the Hmongs, Royalist-in-exile and the Right-wings.

* November 19-The Laotian Civil War begins between the Kingdom of Laos and the Pathet Lao.

* Laos: King Anouvong of Vientiane leads the Laotian Rebellion against Siam and successfully attacks Nakhon Ratchasima ( the Siamese later invade Vientiane and nearly destroy the whole city ).

File: Laos royal fl n6736. svg | Laotian royal standard ( 1952-1975 )

* Laos: Laotian

Thai, spoken in Thailand and some areas of Laos, Burma and China, is written with its own script, probably descended from mixture of Tai – Laotian and Old Khmer, in the Brahmic family.

The Laotian Civil War was disastrous for the country, however, over the years the country has since relaxed many of its restrictions, which has opened up the country to trade and business resulting in Laos notably having the second fastest growing economy in Asia in recent years.

The Lao People's Revolutionary Party ( Laotian: ພ ັ ກປະຊາຊ ົ ນປະຕ ິ ວ ັ ດລາວ ) is a communist political party that has governed Laos since 1975.

Bokèo ( Laotian: ບ ໍ່ ແກ ້ ວ ; literally " gem mine ") is a northern province of Laos.

Pakse or Pakxe ( French Paksé ; Laotian ປາກເຊ " Mouth of the river Se ") is the capital and most populous city in the southern province of Champasak, making it the third most populous city in Laos.

* Laotian Civil War, also known as the Secret War in Laos

The fighting in Laos involved the North Vietnamese Army, U. S., Thai, and South Vietnamese forces directly and through irregular proxies in a battle for control over the Laotian Panhandle.

There were repeated attempts from 1954 onward to force the North Vietnamese out of Laos but, regardless of any agreements or concessions, Hanoi had no intention of abandoning the country or its Laotian communist allies.

The U. S. Central Intelligence Agency ( CIA ), to disrupt these operations in northern Laos without direct military involvement, responded by training a guerrilla force of some thirty thousand Laotian hill tribesmen, mostly local Hmong tribesmen along with the Mien and Khmu, led by Royal Lao Army General Vang Pao, a Hmong military leader.

In eastern Laos, U. S., Royal Laotian, and VNAF aircraft continued their attacks on traffic along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

Throughout 1968, the communists slowly advanced across the northern part of Laos, defeating Laotian forces time and time again.

How many died or were killed in the attempt to escape Laos will never be known, but the flight of Hmong and other Laotian highland peoples into Thailand would continue for many more years.

The Royal Lao Air Force ( French: Aviation Royale Laotienne – AVRL ), best known to the Americans by its English acronym ‘ RLAF ’, was the air force branch of the Royal Lao Armed Forces ( FAR ), the official military of the Royal Lao Government and the Kingdom of Laos during the Laotian Civil War between 1960 and 1975.

A flag featuring a yellow hammer and sickle on a red field is flown commonly throughout Laos, often side-by-side with the Laotian flag.

In 1826 he was killed by Laotian troops, before these were defeated and all of Laos became part of Siam.

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