Guides and Directories

BBC News - Country Profile: Laos - Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1154621.stm

CIA - The World Factbook: Laos - Features map and brief descriptions of the geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.
http://tylerschnaidt.com/blocked/nph-index.pl/010110A/https/www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/la.html

Encyclopedia of the Nations - Lao People's Democratic Republic - Provides information about the country's geography, people, government, economy and tourism. From Thomson Gale.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Lao-People-s-Democratic-Republic.html

NationMaster - Laos - Profile includes information for various aspects of the country, with a special emphasis on statistics and rankings.
www.nationmaster.com/country/la-laos

US Department of State - Laos - Country portal offers a map and links to Background Notes, Country Study, the US embassy and the current ambassador, press releases, fact sheets, annual Human Rights Reports and other major reports including Industry Market Reports.
www.state.gov/p/eap/ci/la/

US Library of Congress - Country Study: Laos - July 1994 country profile provides information about its historical setting, society and environment, economy, government and politics, and national security.
lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/latoc.html

US Library of Congress - Portals to the World: Laos - Annotated directory of selected online resources.
www.loc.gov/rr/international/asian/laos/laos.html

Wikipedia - Laos - Hyperlinked encyclopedia article covers the country's history, government and politics, geography, economy, demographics, language and culture.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laos