A copy. Lao National University is the first university in Laos, which belongs to a university in China. Lao People Democratic Republic, referred to as Laos for short, is a landlocked country in the north of Indochina Peninsula, bordering China in the north, Cambodia in the south, Vietnam in the east, Myanmar in the northwest and Thailand in the southwest, with a land area of 236,800 square kilometers and a population of 7.338 million. Vientiane is the capital, with 17 provinces and 1 municipality.