WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Laos constituted one of the five territorial entities making up French Indochina-comprising in addition the colony of Cochinchina and the protectorates of Annam, Tonkin and Cambodia.

Detailed explanation-2: -By the late 1880s, Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were all controlled by France and collectively referred to as Indochine Français (French Indochina). Indochina became one of France’s most important colonial possessions. French colonialism was focussed largely on production, profit and labour.

Detailed explanation-3: -Indochina, also called (until 1950) French Indochina or French Indochine Française, the three countries of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia formerly associated with France, first within its empire and later within the French Union.

Detailed explanation-4: -The term Indochina (originally Indo-China) was coined in the early nineteenth century, emphasizing the historical cultural influence of Indian and Chinese civilizations on the area. The term was later adopted as the name of the colony of French Indochina (today’s Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam).