Since the Pathet Lao took over in 1975, the Lao government has been completely silent on LGBT rights and homosexuality itself.

In 2002, the foreign investors withdrew their share from LBC, and the Lao government regained total control of the company.

In 2007, he was charged along with nine others with plotting to use AK-47 rifles, missiles and mercenaries to overthrow the Lao government.

They met last year in Australia, where the Lao government had allowed her a visit when her daughter, the prince's sister, had a baby.

Although the bridge has created additional commerce, the Lao government does not yet permit a completely free flow of traffic across the span.

These last are eaten raw, and both the Lao government and Thai government periodically issues health warnings about the risk of hepatitis.

Army Television Channel 5 in Thailand reported on Jan. 9 that fighting had recently broken out between Lao government and rebel forces in Vientiane province.

On 4 May 2007, the Lao government signed a memorandum of understanding with Thailand's Ch.

The anti-communist Lao government always accused the Pathēt Lao of being Vietnamese puppets, but this was an over-simplification.

Among the latter are contingents who fled Laos during the 1975 communist takeover and who are rumoured to be involved in an organised resistance movement against the current Lao government.