The French wanted to match the expansion of the British Empire
Laos.
Laos and Cambodia border Vietnam on the west. Vietnam is located on the eastern edge of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia.
Laos is located in Southeast Asia between Vietnam and Thailand and above Cambodia.
The major river of Southeast Asia flowing through Laos Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia is the Mekong.
French Indochina was composed of what is now Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, as well as parts of Thailand.
In Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
Southeast Asia.
Laos
Vietnam and Laos. North Korea and China are also communist but are not in South-East Asia.
The primary desire from France, which colonized Laos, was to try to colonize Siam, which fizzled out. However, they maintained control from a position of pride in the French colonial endeavor.
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
Vietnam, Cambodia, China, and Thailand.