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Entangled histories

4 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · LAO LEFT · VNM RIGHT

1. 17 October 1887

   French Indochina established

   France unites Cochinchina, Annam, Tonkin, and Cambodia into the Indochinese Union; Laos is added in 1893, binding Vietnam into a colonial federation centered on Hanoi.

   Colonisation · from the Vietnam chronicle · French Indochina · REFS 1 — Vietnam: A Country Study

2. 1950 CE

   Founding of the Pathet Lao

   Prince Souphanouvong breaks with the Lao Issara to ally with the Viet Minh and proclaims the communist-oriented Pathet Lao ("Land of the Lao"), the future ruling movement.

   Politics & Power · from the Laos chronicle · The French Protectorate · REFS 2 — Souphanouvong, Pathet Lao

3. 1962 CE

   Geneva agreement on Lao neutrality

   An international agreement declares Laos neutral and provides for a coalition government, but the country remains a contested corridor of the Vietnam War.

   Politics & Power · from the Laos chronicle · Civil War, the Secret War, and the Pathet Lao · REFS 2 — Laos: History, Indochina wars

4. 1986 CE

   New Economic Mechanism reforms

   Facing the failure of central planning, the ruling party launches market-oriented reforms, legalizing private enterprise and inviting foreign investment, echoing Vietnam's Doi Moi.

   Economy & Trade · from the Laos chronicle · The Lao People's Democratic Republic · REFS 2 — Laos: History, Lao PDR Overview