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Numerous temples, especially in Xieng Thong (now Luang Phrabang) and Vientiane, attest this. [31] During this time, the legends of Khun Borom were recorded on palm-leaf manuscripts and the Lao classical epic Sin Xay was composed. Therevada Buddhism was the state religion, and Vientiane was an important city of Buddhist learning.
Soth Phetrasy was born in 1915. Phetrasy was an important figure to the Pathet Lao (Land of Lao) as he became spokesman for them in Vientiane from 1964. [1] He became increasingly known as he tried to negotiate POW's between the United States and also matters such as Eugene DeBruin, and as diplomat of the Pathet Lao preparing the 1973 Vientiane Agreement.
Specialists are largely in agreement as to the ethnolinguistic classification of the ethnic groups of Laos. [1] For the purposes of the 1995 census, the government of Laos recognized 149 ethnic groups within 47 main ethnicities.
In 1804, Anouvong was appointed by Bangkok as ruler of Vientiane after the death of his elder brother, Inthavong. Illustrated by Hem Vejakorn (c.1969). Wat Si Saket, Vientiane. Completed by King Anouvong in 1824. In 1779, following the fall of Vientiane to the army of Taksin of the Thonburi Kingdom, the city
GM 17 was posted away from Vientiane to the Plain of Jars in MR 2. At about the same time, Siho approached Kouprasith about using the DNC Security Agency to take over the kingdom in a military coup. Kouprasith agreed, and on 18 April 1964, Siho seized the key national government buildings when he seized control of Vientiane. A new governing ...
The story details how two progenitors, the man known as the Lạc Long Quân and the woman known as the Âu Cơ, gave birth to a "hundred eggs, fifty of which hatched, settled on land and eventually became the Vietnamese people".
After returning to Vientiane in 1949, he was appointed as the Minister of Finance from 1951 to 1954. Katay was elected prime minister in 1954. In that position, he managed to play on U.S. fears of the Viet Minh invading Laos to get substantial aid for his country. He was succeeded in 1956 by prince Souvanna Phouma.