One of the four socialist countries that exist in Laos today, many people will say not five or more? In fact, there are only four purely socialist countries. As for why, I won't say much here, if you are interested, you can check the relevant information.
Laos, a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, covers an area of 236,000 square kilometers, about the size of Guangxi on the mainland, and has a population of about 7.33 million. It is bordered by Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, China to the north, Myanmar to the northwest, and Thailand to the southwest.
Laos is one of the least developed countries in the world. Its domestic terrain is mainly mountainous and plateau, accounting for 80% of the country's land area, and most of it is covered by dense forests. Economic development mainly depends on agriculture. As of last year, the per capita GDP of Laos was 2,550 US dollars, equivalent to about 18,000 yuan.
In Laos, it is difficult for ordinary people's wages to reach 1000RMB, basically around 800RMB, and the civil servants who squeeze their heads here are only about 1400RMB per month. If you want to get a high salary in Laos, speaking Chinese is the fastest way, and the salary of a salesman who can speak Chinese can reach 2000RMB, and you can also get extra income for Chinese as a tour guide. The high-paid people in Laos mainly include scientific and technological personnel, pilots, etc., and the monthly salary can reach 3000RMB.
It is well known that low income often means low prices, but for some countries it is not, and Laos is one of them. A bucket of instant noodles is 10RMB, a kilogram of green onions is 35RMB, and the cheaper potatoes in China also cost 4RMB a pound. Staying in an affordable hotel costs 200RMB a night, and the most pitiful is that the broadband fee costs about 2000RMB a year, and most people can't afford it
The gap between the rich and the poor in Laos is huge, some people are rich, and some people in remote mountainous areas are still living in a primitive state. In Laos, when men reach the age of 30, the local government subsidizes them every year. So men began to wander around at the age of 30, eating, drinking and having fun when they had money, and squatting at home when they didn't have money. However, the government's meager subsidies cannot sustain a family's economic expenditure. Naturally, the burden of the entire family falls on the woman.
Men in Laos are generally lazy, only eating, drinking and having fun in their heads, as for responsibility, there is basically none, let alone housework. Therefore, Laotian women are very busy and tired, running to earn money during the day and taking on housework at night. Rural women start looking for in-laws at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and urban women are generally no more than 20 years old, and once they are not married after the age of 25, they are said to be older leftover women.
Laos is predominantly Buddhist, with about 60% of the population practicing Buddhism, and Buddhist culture can be seen everywhere walking on the streets. Local men have to go through monastic monasticism at least once in their lives, for any length of time. The length can be four or five years, and there is no kitchen in Lao temples, and food needs to be obtained, but there is no need to knock on doors like Tang monks. Every day before dawn, the benefactors prepare a meal along the temple street, and the food is carefully cooked, and each dish contains devotion to the Buddha.
Education in Laos is very backward, and most school-age children cannot go to school and can only learn Buddhist culture in temples. People with financial means will send their children to study abroad after graduating from high school, and families who have no money can only drop out of school. Public hospitals in Laos provide free medical care, but medical conditions are relatively backward. The infrastructure is even more difficult to say, basically rarely see more than five floors of buildings, there are no subways and buses, traffic mainly relies on motorcycles, even in the streets of the capital Vientiane, are all passing motorcycles. Traffic lights that can be seen everywhere in the country are rare in Laos, and only in the capital of the whole territory.
Laos is the most bombed country in the world. The bomb dropped by the beautiful country in Laos has not exploded millions of tons, and one accidentally may be blown up into the sky, and people are killed every year.
When talking and laughing with Laotian people, you must not touch their heads, they believe that the head is sacred and cannot be violated by anyone. Don't be dazzled by the beauty on the street, don't touch the water handed to you, although it won't be gazed, but it will also be pitted, because if you take it, you have to buy it, just like the one in our country