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+Laos has no central registry for vital records. The Household Registry Book and National Identification Card are the only standard civil records.<ref name="Kemp">Thomas Jay Kemp, “International Vital Records Handbook, 7th Edition,” Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc. Baltimore : 2017, (accessed 5 February 2022).</ref>
 ==Historical Background==
-Laos has no central registry for vital records. The Household Registry Book and National Identification Card are the only standard civil records.  The Japanese Army destroyed the French colonial records during World War II. In 1975, the Pathet Lao gained power and destroyed the records of the former government.<ref>Thomas Jay Kemp, “International Vital Records Handbook, 7th Edition,” Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc. Baltimore : 2017, (accessed 5 February 2022).</ref>
+The Japanese Army destroyed the French colonial records during World War II. In 1975, the Pathet Lao gained power and destroyed the records of the former government.<ref name="Kemp" />
 Ethnic groups: Lao 54%, Khmou 11 %, Hmong 10% and other 25%<ref>Logistics Capacity Assessments (LCAs),  [https://dlca.logcluster.org/display/public/DLCA/1+Laos+Country+Profile Laos Country Profile], (accessed 5 February 2022).</ref>