1 Etymology
2 History
2.1 Early history
2.2 Lan Xang
2.3 French Laos
2.4 Independence
3 Geography
3.1 Administrative divisions
3.2 Environmental problems
4 Government and politics
4.1 Infrastructure
4.2 Military
4.3 Hmong conflict
4.4 Human rights
5 Economy
5.1 Tourism
6 Demographics
6.1 Ethnicity
6.1.1 Lao Loum (lowland people)
6.1.2 Lao Theung (midland people)
6.1.3 Lao Soung (highland people)
6.1.4 Leaders of ethnic minorities in Laos
6.2 Languages
6.3 Health
6.4 Religion
6.5 Education
7 Culture
7.1 Marriage
7.2 Media
7.3 Sport
8 See also
9 Notes and references
10 External links