Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Search The Web! Free Travel Cheap Tickets Auction Newsletter Immigration Affiliate Make Money Laos HISTORY The first recorded history of the Lao begins with the unification of Laos in 1353 by King Fa Ngum. King Fa Ngum established his capital at Luang Prabang and ruled a kingdom called Lane Xang (literally, "million elephants") which covered much of what today is Thailand and Laos. His successors, ...

Hmong Means Free Life in Laos and America edited and with an Introduction by Sucheng Chan This Web page contains the "Introduction" chapter of Hmong Means Free by Sucheng Chan, published by Temple University Press. It is reproduced on the WWW Hmong Homepage with permission from the author and publisher. Please respect the Dr. Chan's and her publisher's efforts and goodwill by not redistributing this document. To order your own copy of Hmong Means Free, please do so through this link ...

Leaders of Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic) [To the list of countries] [To the ZPC Homepage] Note: Following an attempt (15 Sep 1945 to 15 Sep 1946), the Kingdom of Luang Prah Bang and the Principality of Nakhon Champasak were unified as the Kingdom of Laos in Aug 1946, although the country continued under French protectorate. The independence was proclaimed on 22 Oct 1953 (recognized by the Geneva Accords on 21 Jul 1954). The current Lao People's Democratic Republic was procla ...