OVERVIEW:

LAOS TODAY
Silver Dominic Z. Castro
Elyn Barlan
 LAOS
LAOS, LANDLOCKED COUNTRY
OF NORTHEAST-CENTRAL
MAINLAND SOUTHEAST ASIA. THE
CAPITAL IS VIENTIANE(LAO:
VIANGCHAN), LOCATED ON
THE MEKONG RIVER IN THE
NORTHERN PORTION OF THE
COUNTRY.
 Type of Governement

• Unitary Marxist–Leninist one-party socialist

republic
 Executive
• Consists of;

• President – head of state, appoints Prime

Minister and the Council of Ministers
• Prime Minister – Head of the
Government
 Legislature
• Unicameral body that consists of 149 members who
are elected to a five-year term.
• National Committee has six committees;
• Law Committee
• Economic “
• Planning and Finance “
• Cultural and Social “
• Ethnic Affairs “
• National Defense “
• Security “
• Foreign Affairs “
 Judiciary
• Judicial branch: highest court(s): People's
Supreme Court (consists of the court
president and organized into criminal, civil,
administrative, commercial, family, and
juvenile chambers, each with a vice president
and several judges)
• Judge selection and term of office: President
of People's Supreme Court appointed by
National Assembly on recommendation of the
president of the republic for a 5-year term;
vice presidents of People's Supreme Court
appointed by the president of the republic on
recommendation of the National Assembly;
appointment of chamber judges NA; tenure of
court vice presidents and chamber judges NA
 Laos Forests
– Contains great tracts of wilderness

– Has large tropical rainforests

– Tropical rainforest is composed of three vegetative

layers. The top layer features single-trucked, high-
reaching trees called dipterocarps.
 Threats to Laos’ Forests
• Uncontrolled fires

• Commercial and illegal logging (illegal

rosewood trade)

• Deforestation

• Increasing demand for wild animals