Whoever finally wins control of Laos will have a prime headache from a band of wiry mountain tribesmen who wear their hair in a tangled bun, love opium and hate law, order and progress. The Meos ...

As governor of the northern province of Houa Khong, Somsanith was one of the few Laotian leadersnot involved in the diversion of U.S. foreign aid funds, looked after the non-Lao tribes committed ...

Language Mainly Lao, but also various ethnic minority dialects are in use. History Till the middle of the 13th century the Lao tribes who had migrated from Southern China accepted Buddhism of the ...