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- 1 2 Stuart-Fox 2008, pp. 405–6.
- ↑ "ກອງປະຊຸມໃຫຍ່ ຄັ້ງທີ VI ຂອງພັກ (18-20/3/1996)" [6th Party Congress (18–20/3/1996)]. Lao News Agency. Archived from the original on 19 July 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
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- Stuart-Fox, Martin (2008). Historical Dictionary of Laos. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-81086-411-5.
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