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　When Laos was a French protectorate, the French colonial administration brought many Vietnamese people to Laos to work as civil servants. This matter was the object of strenuous opposition by Phetsarath Ratanavongsa, who in the 1930s made an unsuccessful attempt to replace Vietnamese in the government with Lao people. Recent estimates for the size of the Vietnamese community in Laos vary. A 2008 report by Việt Báo newspaper stated that there were 20,000. A 2012 report by Voice of Vietnam stated 30,000. Ethnologue' states that there are 79,000 Vietnamese speakers in Laos.
（https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_people_in_Laos）​