26 Oct 2024        12:11:45 pm

Current Affairs

Laos

Tags : Laos

Topic: South-east Asia

Why in the news?

• At least 47 Indians trapped in cyber scam centers at the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in Bokeo province in Laos have been rescued by the Indian embassy. 
• Indian authorities have been cautioning its nationals against fake job offers in Laos and urged them to conduct due diligence to avoid being deceived. 
• The Indian mission has so far rescued 635 Indians from the country and ensured their safe return home.

Source: The Hindu 

About Laos:

• It is located in the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia.
• It is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia.
• It is bordered to the north by China, to the northeast and east by Vietnam, to the south by Cambodia, to the west by Thailand, and to the northwest by Myanmar (Burma).
• The Mekong river flows southeast and south along and through western Laos and forms its boundary with Myanmar and most of the border with Thailand. 
• It has the typical tropical monsoon(wet-dry) climate of the region.
• It has tropical rainforests of broad-leaved evergreens in the north and monsoon forests of mixed evergreens and deciduous trees in the south.
• Its capital is Vientiane.
• The predominant religion followed here is Theravada Buddhism.

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