Laos
"Pheng Xat Lao" (Hymn of the Lao People)

Words by: Sisana Sisane
Music by: Dr. Thongdy Sounthonevichit
Adopted: 1947 (music), 1975 (lyrics)

The Laos anthem was composed in 1941 and was first used when the Kingdom of Laos was created in 1947; after the royal family was deposed in the 1975 Communist revolution, the anthem was still kept, but new words were written.