Laotian Americans (Lao: ຄົນລາວອາເມລິກາ, romanized: Khonlav Amelika) are Americans who trace their ancestry to Laos. Laotian Americans are included in...

bans on Laotian companies receiving financing from the US Export-Import Bank. In 2016, China was the biggest foreign investor in the Laotian economy,...

The Laotian Civil War was waged between the Communist Pathet Lao and the Royal Lao Government from 23 May 1959 to 2 December 1975. The Kingdom of Laos...

a significant minority in Laos and is also an administrative language. Its usage stems from the period of French rule over Laos between 1893 and 1953 and...

France in 1954.[citation needed] On December 29, 1961, during the Laotian Civil War, President John F. Kennedy made the Ambassador to Laos the de facto...

overwhelming majority of overseas Laotians live in just three countries: Thailand, the United States, and France. The Laotian diaspora can be categorized into...

the United States as refugees in the late 1970s. Over half of the Hmong population from Laos left the country, or attempted to leave, in 1975, at the...

the United States spent more per capita on foreign aid for Laos than it had on any other nation. That worked out as US$150 per Laotian, twice the average...

sǎː láːw]), sometimes referred to as Laotian, is the official language of Laos and a significant language in the Isan region of northeastern Thailand...

Income in the United States is measured by the various federal agencies including the Internal Revenue Service, Bureau of Labor Statistics, US Department...

The United States has a racially and ethnically diverse population. At the federal level, race and ethnicity have been categorized separately. The most...

In the United States, abortion is a divisive issue in politics and culture wars, though a majority of Americans support access to abortion. Abortion laws...

Americans, are the Indigenous peoples whom are native to portions of land in North America, in what is now the territory of the United States of America....

Christianity is the most prevalent religion in the United States. Estimates from 2021 suggest that of the entire U.S. population (332 million) about 63%...

Hinduism is the fourth-largest religion in the United States, comprising 1% of the population, the same as Buddhism and Islam. The majority of American...

Protestantism is the largest grouping of Christians in the United States, with its combined denominations collectively comprising about 43% of the country's...

to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change throughout much of its history. In absolute numbers, the United States...

existed in the United States. Most Jewish community relations agencies in the United States draw distinctions between antisemitism, which is measured in terms...

longer in service). Militia self-defence forces number approximately 100,000 organised for local defence. The small arms utilised mostly by the Laotian Army...

across a large group such as a county, city, or the whole country. It is commonly used by the United States government and private institutions to describe...

Religion in the United States is both widespread and diverse, with higher reported levels of belief than other wealthy Western nations. Polls indicate...

Islam is the third-largest religion in the United States (1.34%), behind Christianity (67%) and Judaism (2.07%). The Association of Statisticians of American...

In the United States, poverty has both social and political implications. In 2020, there were 37.2 million people in poverty. Some of the many causes...

Prabang and was in charge of expeditions occurring in Laotian territory, with the possibility of turning Laos into a French territory. In 1888, outlaws...

reflected in discriminatory laws, practices, and actions (including violence) against "racial" or ethnic groups, throughout the history of the United States. Since...

nationals of the United States who are of Iranian ancestry. Most Iranian Americans arrived in the United States after 1979, as a result of the Iranian Revolution...

particularly in rural areas. Historically, the terms "Lao" and "Laotian" have been used inconsistently in Western literature. Prior to Laos gaining independence...

The member states of the United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states. The United Nations (UN) is the world's largest intergovernmental organization....

In the United States, a common definition of terrorism is the systematic or threatened use of violence in order to create a general climate of fear to...

has fluctuated considerably in the United States since measurements began around 1915, moving in an arc between peaks in the 1920s and 2000s, with a 30-year...