Laos: Holidays Date Holiday January 1 New Year 6th January Pathet Lao Day – the day is celebrated with parades in the capital January 20 Army Day January Boun Pha Vet – memory of the incarnation of King Vessanthara to Buddha January February Chinese and Vietnamese New Year celebrations. Although it is only celebrated by…
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Laos Economy
ECONOMY: GENERAL INFORMATION With a gross domestic product of US $ 5,260 million (2008) and a per capita GDP of US $ 841 (2008), Laos is clearly a very poor country, also because it is limited in its possible developments by the harsh morphology of the territory, the lack of access to the sea and…