Laos
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countrynation state
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| Capital city | Vientiane |
| Location | Asia,South East Asia |
| Type | nation state |
| A socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. | |
Laos is a nation state in South East Asia.
Independence
Independence from France in 1953.
Vietnam War
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Drug production
Opium was grown by tens of thousands of Hmong in Laos. It was later processed into heroin before being shipped out on CIA-protected Air America planes.[1]
Bombing
From 1964 to 1973, the US dropped more than two million tons of ordnance on Laos during 580,000 bombing missions - equal to a planeload of bombs every 8 minutes, 24-hours a day, for 9 years – making Laos the most heavily bombed country per capita in history. [2]
References
- ↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1993/12/03/opinion/03iht-edlarry.html
- ↑ Secret War in Laos - Washington-based and UN Funded "Legacies of War"