Word: laos
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...Lao, however, Laos has very little, if anything. The little industry that exists is owned by Chinese, Thais, or Vietnamese, as are most restaurants and shops...
Government statistics yield ample evidence of the extent to which the Lao economy is dependent on foreign assistance. Only 40 per cent of the Lao budget is raised locally-and seven eighths of this is through indirect taxes. The military and police get nearly 60 per cent of the budget. About two per cent goes to development...
...reported the following in 1970 : "Its corruption, lethargy and indifference is as great if not greater than it ever was. Few people living under its rule actively support it. American officials have been unable to push for basic reforms due to the political necessity of getting on with the Lao civilian and military elite so that continued American bombing will be permitted...
...host was 25 and had been a monk or four years. Before htat he had trained as an acolyte for seven years. He told me that he planned to quit being a monk when he turned 30-a common practice in Lao Bud-dhism...
...airport is served by only two airlines, Royal Air Lao, which flies three flights a day, and Air America, which officially flies ten. The other planes are ostensibly flown by members of the Royal Lao Air Force. However, in town I talked to several Thai and Filipino mercenaries who said they were also pilots...