Report of the United Nations Rio DC stated. Opium production in Myanmar to explore in 2011-2012 amounted to more than 690 metric tons, worth about 359 million dollars, with China as a major source of opium purchase. Because there are more than one million people nationwide opium eaters while the cultivation of opium in Lao PDR., Which increased by around 66 percent by the year 2006, representing an area of about 25,000 hectares, scattered along the mountain areas around the country. The Golden Triangle area, which has a territorial connection between Thailand, Laos and Myanmar.