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Government & Economic of Laos   Culture & Religion Food Festivals & Holidays Get in/out Travel Tips     Foreign Embassies Map Government & Economy Vaccination Currency         Names:     conventional long form: Lao People's Democratic Republic conventional short form: Loas local long form: Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao local short form: None       Digraph:   LA       Type:   Communist state       Capital:   Vientiane       Administrative divisions:   16 provinces (khoueng, singular and plural) and 1 municipality* (kampheng nakhon, singular and plural); Attapu, Bokeo, Bolikhamxai, Champasak, Houaphan, Khammouan, Louangnamtha, Louangphabang, Oudomxai, Phongsali, Salavan, Savannakhet, Viangchan*, Viangchan, Xaignabouli, Xekong, Xiangkhoang       Independence:   19 July 1949 (from France)       National holiday:   National Day, 2 December (1975) (proclamation of the Lao People's Democratic Republic)       Constitution:   promulgated 14 August 1991       Legal system:   based on traditional customs, French legal norms and procedures, and Socialist practice       Suffrage:   18 years of age; universal       Executive branch:     chief of state: President NOUHAK PHOUMSAVAN (since 25 November 1992) head of government: Prime Minister Gen. KHAMTAI SIPHANDON (since 15 August 1991) cabinet: Council of Ministers; appointed by the president, approved by the Assembly     Legislative branch:   unicameral National Assembly:   elections last held on 20 December 1992 (next to be held NA); results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (85 total) number of seats by party NA     Judicial branch:   Supreme People's Court     Political parties and leaders:   Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), KHAMTAI Siphandon, party president; other parties proscribed     Other political or pressure groups:   non-Communist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975     Member of:   ACCT, AsDB, ASEAN (observer), CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT (nonsignatory user), INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, NAM, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO     Diplomatic representation in US: chief of mission: Ambassador HIEM PHOMMACHANH chancery: 2222 S Street NW, Washington, DC 20008 Telephone: [1] (202) 332-6416 , 6417 Fax: [1] (202) 332-4923     US diplomatic representation: chief of mission: Ambassador Victor L. TOMSETH embassy: Rue Bartholonie, Vientiane mailing address: B. P. 114, Vientiane; American Embassy, Box V, APO AP 96546 telephone: [856] (21) 212581, 212582, 212585 Fax: [856] (21) 212584 Flag: three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double width), and red with a large white disk centered in the blue band       Culture Religion Food Festivals & Holidays Get in/out Travel Tips     Foreign Embassies Map Government & Economy Vaccination Currency