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The Laos-born community in Australia comprises several ethnic groups including the native Lao, Chinese, Hmong and Vietnamese groups. According to the 2016 Australian Census, most Laotian-Australians are ethnically Lao (64.3%), followed by Chinese (15.1%), Hmong (7.6%), Vietnamese (5.4%) and 7.5% identified as Other Ancestry.
The Âu Việt or Ouyue (Chinese: 甌 越) were an ancient conglomeration of Baiyue tribes living in what is today the mountainous regions of northernmost Vietnam, western Guangdong, and northern Guangxi, China, since at least the third century BCE.
The Lao Theung or Lao Thoeng (Lao: ລາວເທິງ pronounced [láːw tʰɤ́ːŋ]) is one of the traditional divisions of ethnic groups living in Laos (the others being the Lao Loum and the Lao Soung). It literally indicates the "midland Lao", and comprises a variety of different ethnic groups of mostly Austro-Asiatic origin. In 1993 ...
The Khmu were the indigenous inhabitants of northern Laos. It is generally believed the Khmu once inhabited a much larger area. After the influx of Thai/Lao peoples into the lowlands of Southeast Asia, the Khmu were forced to higher ground (), above the rice-growing lowland Lao and below the Hmong/Mien groups that inhabit the highest regions, where they practiced swidden agriculture. [5]
Lāʻau lapaʻau is a traditional medical practice of Native Hawaiians.The Hawaiian words lāʻau and lapaʻau mean plants or vegetation and treat, heal, or cure respectively in 'Olelo Hawai'i. [1]
The third category consists of the largest number of overseas Laotians, who fled the country following the communist Pathet Lao takeover of Laos as a result of the Vietnam War. This group of the Laotian diaspora primarily live in North America, France and Australia, with a smaller number in Thailand. [21]
The Kassak language is a Lao dialect, although the Kassak people live a lifestyle similar to that of the Khmu people. [8] Nùng [2] Nyaw; Tai Pao [2] Tai Peung; Phuan (population of 106,099 in Laos) [2] Phutai (population of 154,400 in Laos) [2] Saek [2] Tai Sam; Tai Yo; Tayten; Yoy [2] Zhuang (including the Nùng people) Shan; Yang
Lao Bảo is the last Vietnamese town on National Route 9, which runs westwards from Dong Ha near the Vietnamese coast over the Annamite Range into Laos. The road was constructed in 1930 by the French colonial administration to connect the towns along the Mekong River to the Vietnamese coast. [ 2 ]