Vietnam is 40% larger than Lao PDR.
Area: 236,800 km2 World Factbook
Population: 6,803,699 (July 2014) World Factbook
Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. Its population was estimated to be around 6.5 million in 2012. Wikipedia
Area: 331,210 km2 World Factbook
Population: 93,421,835 (July 2014) World Factbook
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. With an estimated 90.0 million inhabitants as of 2013, it is the world's 13th-most-populous country, and the eighth-most-populous Asian country. Wikipedia