You could talk about the languages spoken there: Lao, Hmong, Mien; or the cultures (the same three).

You could talk about the regions: the cities in the lowlands, the mountain people up in the high three-tiered-jungle highlands.

You could talk about how the people helped the US in the Vietnam War & then got refugee status, coming by way of refugee camps in Thailand to the US, at great risk to their lives.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

This site discussed culture

http://www.culturalprofiles.net/laos/Directories/Laos_Cultural_Profile/-30.html

Less than ONE MINUTE on Google.