<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - ILaos yisizwe esizimele esiseNingizimu-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. Impi yombango ende  <response>: yaphela ngokusemthethweni lapho inhlangano yamaKhomanisi iPathet Lao iqala ukubusa ngo-1975, kodwa ukulwa phakathi kwamaqembu ayencintisana kwaqhubeka iminyaka eminingana. 