Laos, lotchedwa Lao People's Democratic Republic, ndi dziko lopanda malire lomwe lili kumpoto kwa Indochina Peninsula. Imadutsa China kumpoto, Cambodia kumwera, Vietnam kum'mawa, Myanmar kumpoto chakumadzulo, ndi Thailand kumwera chakumadzulo. 80% ya malowa ndi mapiri ndi mapiri, ndipo amapezeka kwambiri ndi nkhalango, yomwe imadziwika kuti "Roof of Indochina". Malowa ndi okwera kumpoto komanso kumwera chakumwera.Kumpoto kumalire ndi West Yunnan Plateau ku Yunnan, China, malire akale ndi Vietnamese kum'mawa ndiwo mapiri omwe amapangidwa ndi mapiri a Changshan, ndipo kumadzulo ndi Mekong Valley ndi madambo ndi zigwa zazing'ono m'mphepete mwa Mtsinje wa Mekong ndi mitsinje yake. Kuchokera kumpoto mpaka kummwera, dzikolo lagawika ku Shangliao, Zhongliao ndi Xialiao.Shangliao ili ndi malo okwera kwambiri, ndipo Chuankhou Plateau ili pamtunda wa 2000 mpaka 2800 mita. Phiri lalitali kwambiri, Bia Mountain, ndi 2820 mita pamwamba pa nyanja. Mtsinje wa Mekong, womwe unachokera ku China, ndi mtsinje waukulu kwambiri womwe ukuyenda kudutsa ma kilomita 1,900 kumadzulo. Ili ndi nyengo yotentha yamvula yotentha, yogawika nyengo yamvula ndi nyengo yadzuwa.

Laos ili ndi mbiri yakalekale.Ufumu wa Lancang unakhazikitsidwa m'zaka za zana la 14. Unali umodzi mwamayiko olemera kwambiri ku Southeast Asia. Kuyambira 1707 mpaka 1713, mafumu a Luang Prabang, mafumu a Vientiane ndi mafumu a Champasai adapanga pang'onopang'ono. Kuyambira 1779 mpaka pakati pa 19th century, idagonjetsedwa pang'onopang'ono ndi Siam. Inakhala chitetezo cha ku France mu 1893. Atagwidwa ndi Japan mu 1940. A Laos adalengeza ufulu wawo mu 1945. Mu Disembala 1975, amfumu adathetsedwa ndipo Lao People's Democratic Republic idakhazikitsidwa.

Mbendera yadziko lonse: Makona oyenda pakati pa mbendera ndi abuluu, okhala theka la mbendera, ndipo mbali zakumtunda ndi zapansi ndimakona ofiira ofiira, aliwonse amakhala kotala la mbendera. Pakati pa gawo labuluu pali gudumu loyera loyera, ndipo gawo lake ndi magawo anayi achisanu mulifupi mwake. Buluu amaimira kubala, ofiira amaimira kusintha, ndipo gudumu loyera limaimira mwezi wathunthu. Mbendera iyi poyambirira inali mbendera ya Laotian Patriotic Front.

Chiwerengero cha anthu chili pafupifupi 6 miliyoni (2006). Pali mafuko opitilira 60 mdzikolo, omwe agawika m'magulu atatu: Laolong, Laoting ndi Laosong. 85% yaomwe akukhalamo amakhulupirira Chibuda ndipo amalankhula Chilao.

Laos ili ndi chuma chambiri. Ili ndi nkhalango zamtengo wapatali monga teak ndi sandalwood wofiira.Dera lamnkhalango lili pafupifupi mahekitala 9 miliyoni, ndipo nkhalango zadziko lonse zili pafupifupi 42%. Zaulimi ndiye msana wachuma cha Laos, ndipo anthu olima amawerengera pafupifupi 90% ya anthu mdzikolo. Mbewu zazikulu ndi mpunga, chimanga, mbatata, khofi, fodya, mtedza ndi thonje. Dera lolimapo mdziko muno lili pafupifupi mahekitala 747,000. Laos ili ndi mafakitale ofooka.Mabizinesi akulu akulu akuphatikizapo kupanga magetsi, kudula matabwa, migodi, kupanga chitsulo, zovala ndi chakudya, ndi zina zambiri, komanso malo ogulitsira ang'onoang'ono ndi malo owolongera nsungwi ndi mitengo. Palibe njanji ku Laos, ndipo mayendedwe makamaka amatengera msewu, madzi ndi mpweya.

Vientiane : Likulu la Laos, Vientiane (Vientiane) ndi mzinda wakale wakale.Zakhala pano kuyambira pomwe mfumu ya Seth Tila idasamutsa likulu lake kuchokera ku Luang Prabang mkati mwa 16th century. Ndi likulu lazandale, zachuma komanso chikhalidwe ku Laos. Vientiane ankatchedwa Saifeng kalekale ankatchedwa Wankan m'zaka za zana la 16th, kutanthauza Jincheng. Dzinalo la Vientiane limatanthauza "mzinda wa sandalwood". Zimanenedwa kuti sandalwood idadzaza kuno.

Vientiane ili mbali yakumanzere ya malo apakati a Mtsinje wa Mekong, moyang'anizana ndi Thailand kuwoloka mtsinjewo.Pokhala ndi anthu 616,000 (2001), ndi mzinda waukulu kwambiri wamafuta komanso wamalonda ku Laos. Akachisi osiyanasiyana ndi nsanja zakale zimawoneka kulikonse mumzinda.

Kuyambira zaka za m'ma 1700 mpaka 1800, mzinda wa Vientiane unali kale likulu lochitira malonda. Tsopano Vientiane ndi mzinda waukulu kwambiri ku mafakitale ndi malonda ku Laos, wokhala ndi mafakitale, malo ogulitsira komanso masitolo ambiri mdziko muno. Makampani akuluakulu ndi nkhuni zamatabwa, simenti, njerwa ndi matailosi, nsalu, mphero, ndudu, machesi, ndi zina zotero. Kuli zitsime zamchere, zomwe zimakhala ndi mchere wambiri. Vientiane ndi malo ogawira mitengo yolimba.