ASEAN, Association of Southeast Asian Nations - an association of nations dedicated to economic and political cooperation in southeastern Asia and who joined with the United States to fight against global terrorism

Asian country, Asian nation - countries occupying the Asian continent

Indochina, Indochinese peninsula - a peninsula of southeastern Asia that includes Myanmar and Cambodia and Laos and Malaysia and Thailand and Vietnam

capital of Laos, Laotian capital, Vientiane - the capital and largest city of Laos

Mekong, Mekong River - an Asian river; flows through a large delta in southern Vietnam into the South China Sea

Lao, Laotian - a member of a Buddhist people inhabiting the area of the Mekong River in Laos and Thailand and speaking the Lao language; related to the Thais