Definitions for "Laos"
a mountainous landlocked communist state in southeastern Asia; achieved independence from France in 1949
A country in Southeast Asia (SEA) Laos is a land locked, poor country that was a springboard for CIA operations during the Vietnam War. Map of Laos pre 1974
Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked socialist republic in southeast Asia, bordered by Myanmar (Burma) and the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. Laos traces its history to the Kingdom of Lan Xang or Land of a Million Elephants, which existed from the fourteenth to the eighteenth century. After a period as a French colony, it gained independence in 1949.
Keywords:  kip, lak
Keywords:  glossary, accounting
Laos accounting glossary