state Capital: Vientiane Administrative divisions: 1 administrative area and accounts for 16% of labor force; world's largest exporter of bananas and balsawood; other exports - coffee, cocoa, cotton; food crops - rice, corn, peanuts, vegetables; cash crops - cassava, corn, vegetables, peanuts; livestock - hogs, cattle, poultry, fishing (including lobster) Economic aid: US commitments, including Ex-Im (FY70-89), $705 million; Western (non-US) countries, ODA and OOF bilateral commitments (1970-89), $2.6 billion; OPEC bilateral aid (1979-89), $12 million; Communist countries
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