<prompt> Qedela le nkulumo elandelayo: ILaos iyizwe elingenalo ulwandle, elibusayo eliseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia. ILaos inqamula iBurma iMyanmar neChina ngasenyakatho-ntshonalanga, iVietnam ngasempumalanga, iCambodia ngaseningizimu neThailand ngasentshonalanga. Umlando waseLaos uqala eMbusweni WaseLan Xang noma Izwe Lezindlovu Ezisigidi, owawukhona kusukela ekhulwini leshumi nane kuya kweleshumi nesishiyagalombili. Ngemva kwenkathi yokuba yisifundazwe esivikelwe amaFulentshi, yathola inkululeko ngo-1949. Isikhathi eside  <response>: Impi yombango yaphela ngokusemthethweni lapho iqembu lamaKhomanisi i - Pathet Lao lithola amandla ngo - 1975, kodwa ukungezwani phakathi kwamaqembu alwayo kwaqhubeka iminyaka eminingana. 