This species is found in northern and central Laos.

In central and southern Laos, villagers call on many other households, sometimes the entire village, for one day's help to complete a specific task such as transplanting.

Midland groups inhabiting central Laos generally have been more mobile, with villages relocated after a decade or so.

H. o. castaneiceps is found from southern China to central Laos and north-western Vietnam.

Some timber was floated down the Mekong, and tin was discovered in central Laos, but returns were meagre.

Viengthong is a district (muang) of Bolikhamsai province in central Laos.

The storm later dissipated over central Laos on October 24.

Saxatilomys is a genus of Muridae rodent native to central Laos.

Most Pacoh speakers live in central Laos and central Vietnam.

The center of the Saek population is the Mekong River in central Laos.