there was a treaty that in 30 years that viet will leave loas but still today they still occupy loas and controlling your government do you knew that?

show me proof

Vietnam does have little influence in Laos but it doesn't control Laos.

well just look at the lao government, they are still corrupt maybe still being control by viet and profiting from it just think about it

most of laos is own my foreigners I assume =/ all the big business

lol the only country that has massive influence in laos is Thailand, not vietnam.

i believe he was talking of political influence. Thai cultural influences in Laos is a different matter all together.

Vietnam commie government has political control to the extent of business which I think u were talking about .................

Thats not true at all, when you go into Laotion stores you're more likely to vietnamese products than Thai. The only real influence Thai have on Laos is the pop culture.

False. I have been to Laos over 4 times; the thai influence in the country as a whole is massive. Culturally, socially, and economically. Thailand dominates trade with Laos as well and is the largest investor in the country.

eh the largest investor...........? I thought foreign countrys like China or Vietnam would be cuz Vietnam like the second most active business partner in trade market

Politically I don't think Vietnam 'control' Laos.

Vietnam own's laos, that's the truth of it. The government in laos is a puppet.

^unfortunately

all this talk, oh wells Laos controls america thought you all like to know

Is that suppose to be sarcasm? Very funny... 2

Vietnam does have influence in Laos but that dosen't mean they're been owned.

Lao civilians are second class, if convicted they get the worst treatment while vietnamese would get special treatment, send back to their own country. If this and a puppet government is not own by such country than I don't know what is...

Viets have special treatment ? didnt know that

I heard from a while ago from my Grandpa he mention something that Lao's government is still being controlled by the Vietnamese government. more like a puppet government. Not sure if this is true or not, but this information kind of disturbs me a bit...

Lao government is no puppet.

Over-exagerated & not true.

Laos & the Viet r very good neighbours.

Laos played a very important role in helping the Viet Minh(north army) infiltrate all of their weapon supplies & people thru the Ho Chi Minh trail along the borders...to connect with the Viet Cong(south rebels) dureing the Vietnam war.

The Viet Minh & Pathet Lao was also allies dureing the secret war...& the Viet Minh helped Pathet Lao, rid of Western colonial rule...

In an attempt to stop North Vietnamese(Viet Minh) assistance to the Lao, and to prevent a communist group from coming to power in Laos, United States planes rained more than 500,000 loads of bombs & cluster bombs on Laos from 1964 to 1973. Some 300,000 tons of bombs fell on Xieng Khouang Province, an average of two tons for each inhabitant.

Although thru the years.

The generation now r still effected, their r many land mines still within Laos & could explode if stepped upon.

However Laos won freedom from Western Imperialism. That is a good thing.

Down with the hardcore U.S.A airplane bombers,dureing the secret war.

Heil the Viet Minh & Pathet Lao.

yes they have good relation because viet is controlling lao....wonder why the lao royal family don't live in lao? well that s my point......once they go into lao the viet will have a rebellion or even death right?

^

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wtf, this is pure bull$hit

no one has yet to prove that the vietnamese government is controlling laos' government

Exactly.

What you read in articles and messageboards are all just opinions. If you want proof, then you gotta have some governmental or insider connection.

What I've learnt when I was a kid till now,Vietnam and Laos are two good neighbours.No one owns or controls anyone.

^Damn straight!

Laos is controlled by its people, I just hope they are all combat ready to protect there motherland.

Laos is more like a close ally of Vietnam, where Laos government learns their policies from Vietnam. Basically just like how Japan and Korea are close allies of the U.S and share the same policy there.

Ignorant of the truth...Good for nothing and die for nothing...

I heard from my aunt from the second generation that laos is still controlled polically by vietnam.

Why do you guys care about something that people only hear from someone/somewhere that may then come from someone/somewhere else . If you want to hear something more funny, just go to an open market and I bet you will have more just-heard stories to put up here in this forum

this is what i have learned too, theres no anomisity towards eachother.

No doubt that Vietnam wants to own Laos, but can they? I don't think they are. They have influence over Laos just like friendly neighbors have on each others. European union over each other countries is another example. Also United States and UN have influence over many countries around the world. I am more worried about China than Vietnam.

What truth are you talking about? There is nothing in Laos that the Vietnamese want. The Vietnamese been watching Laos back against the blood-sucking Thais. Without Vietnam, Laos would be another province of Thailand. You don't know how much the Thais want to take all of our land, they tried so hard to wipe Laos off the map, but they can't.

Laxan you knew about " haad Keo kong" the war between Lanxag and Viet. Started from The Lao King sent kee xang to the Viet king.,because they insulted Lanxang by asking for xang peuk's hair.....yeah, he recieve shiit instead......lolz

That's ironic, as of now, most every Lao prefers Bak(Thai currency)... Vietnam has already owned Laos as Vietnamese culture and flesh has already made way into Laos. Give it a century and Laotians might not even speak Lao no more.

That's some funny $hit. It's been over 700 years since our ancestors created Muang Lao in the 1300s and we still here, are we not? If you think our culture will disappear then you don't have a clue.

Think how isolated your people were back then... Clearly, Thia has a better influence on Laos than the Viets but eventually, Laos will diffuse.

Thai has influence over Laos like what?
Religion = both buddhism
Language = dialect of each other, don't need a translator
Political = communist and non-communist
Clothing = majority are wearing western style of clothes, so does the rest of the world.
People = Thailand and Laos are sister states, just like Ireland and United Kingdoms

Viet has influence over Laos like what?
Religion = not that far different
Language = definitely need a translator
Political = Both communist
Clothing = majority are wearing western style of clothes, so does the rest of the world.
People = Vietnam has more people, and Viet/Chinese make up about 1% of the total Laos population.

Anything you want to add, please do.

Bak... duh!
Good business owning brothels huh?

If you wanted to open a brothels, then try Thailand. You're not likely to success in Laos. Many Old Hmong got arrested in Laos due to the fact that they tried to screw little Hmong girl. Not because of political reason. True story.

All of this is either over exagerated and not true.

Laos gained full independence in 1950, with an independent government. there was no Western Imperialism to get rid of.

the North Vietnamese was going through Laos illegally, and with out the consent of the government of the Laos.

the Pathet lao had very little influence other then the overwhelming military might of the North Vietnamese that support them, if there wasnt North Vietnamese influence in Laos, Pathet Lao wouldn't of gotten any headway or eveb survived.

Laos culture has more influence on Thailand, Thailand culture is merely a mix of Lao and Khmer Culture,

Thai culture is basicly Lao, or originates from Lao ppl, So how could Laos be influence by its own culture? it doesnt make sense.

i like u already. given it straight

There alot of Lao in Vietnam who have been taking Master Economic Base on US standard. Those Students are funded by Vietnam goverment. The guy in central vietnam who give to Lao goverment 30 million US to make coming SEA game in Lao.
Lao are using vietnam sea port to export their products... that is why lao closed to vietnam. My uncle married Lao... hell she speak vietnamese like viet original... I love lao food ..my uncle wife cook every well....it just like thai foods.

That's funny.

Go Lao-Viet

What Socal? Now it's LV and not CLV anymore? I see how it is!