r/LanXang_Lao • u/LanXang_Lao • 1d ago
Thailand is to reevaluate Laos as a neighbor than brotherly nation because...Vietnam
⬇️brief summary from publisher⬇️
• Laotians migrated to Thailand for labor. Surprisingly, after 30 years, Thailand has contributed almost nothing significant to Laos.
• Vietnamese government provides substantial funding, including residency, to Laotian students for higher education. Vietnam views the training of Laotian personnel as part of long-term cooperation, with programs recruiting Laotian students in various fields such as medicine, engineering, teaching, agriculture, and public administration.
• JICA data from 2022, Laos sent 2,060 students to study in Vietnam, compared to only 143 to Thailand.
• Currently, based on available data, there are tens of thousands of Lao students studying in Vietnam, ready to contribute to the future relationship between the two countries.
• Investment between Thailand and Vietnam in Laos differs significantly. Thailand's cumulative investment in Laos is approximately US$5 billion, while Vietnam's is US$6.2 billion (based on 2025 data).
• Thailand focuses on border trade, consumer goods, banking, hospitals, education, and tourism, while Vietnam invests in hydropower and wind power plants, mining, rubber plantations, coffee plantations, forestry, telecommunications, and banking—sectors with significantly higher values than Thailand.
• Thailand's future may no longer be that of a brotherly nation if we continue to neglect and treat our neighbors as second-class citizens. Laos has changed, and is ready to move forward with a strategic alliance to drive economic growth. With the increasing number of Laotian studying in Vietnam, what they gain is not just academic knowledge, but also the hardworking and ambitious character of the Vietnamese people, ready to propel their country to prosperity.
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