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- 1 2 3 Creak & Sayalath 2017, p. 183.
- ↑ Creak & Sayalath 2017, p. 190–191.
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- Creak, S.; Sayalath, S. (2017). "Regime Renewal in Laos: The Tenth Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party". Southeast Asian Affairs : 179–200.
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