Ƙasar Faransa ta Laos ita ce kariyar Faransa wacce take a yau Laos tsakanin 1893 zuwa 1953 - tare da ɗan gajeren lokaci a matsayin ƙasar 'yar tsana ta Japan a 1945 - wacce ta zama wani ɓangare na Indochina na Faransa .An kafa ta a kan Siamese vassal, daular Luang Phrabang, bayan Yaƙin Franco-Siamese a 1893. An haɗa shi cikin Indochina na Faransa kuma a cikin shekaru masu zuwa an ƙara ɓangarorin Siamese vassals, Masarautar Phuan da Masarautar Champasak. a cikin 1899 da 1904, bi da bi.Yankin da ke kare Luang Prabang yana karkashin mulkin Sarkinsa ne, amma ainihin ikon yana hannun wani Gwamna-Janar na Faransa na cikin gida, wanda shi kuma ya kai rahoto ga Gwamnan-Janar na Faransa Indochina.Yankunan Laos da aka haɗa daga baya sun kasance, duk da haka, suna ƙarƙashin mulkin Faransa ne kawai.Kariyar Faransa ta Laos ta kafa yankuna biyu (kuma a wasu lokuta uku) na gudanarwa daga Vietnam a cikin 1893. Sai a 1899 ne Laos ta zama ta tsakiya ta zama Babban Babban Magidanta da ke Savannakhet, kuma daga baya a Vientiane.Faransawa sun zaɓi kafa Vientiane a matsayin babban birnin mulkin mallaka saboda dalilai biyu, na farko ya kasance a tsakiya tsakanin lardunan tsakiya da Luang Prabang, na biyu kuma Faransawa sun san mahimmancin alamar sake gina tsohon babban birnin masarautar Lan Xang wanda Siamese ya lalace.A matsayin wani ɓangare na Indochina na Faransa, ana ganin Laos da Cambodia a matsayin tushen albarkatun ƙasa da aiki don mafi mahimmancin rijiyoyin a Vietnam.Kasancewar mulkin mallaka na Faransa a Laos ya kasance haske;Resident Superieur ne ke da alhakin duk mulkin mallaka tun daga haraji zuwa adalci da ayyukan jama'a.Faransawa sun ci gaba da zama sojoji a babban birnin mulkin mallaka a ƙarƙashin Garde Indigene wanda ya ƙunshi sojojin Vietnam a ƙarƙashin wani kwamandan Faransa.A cikin muhimman biranen larduna kamar Luang Prabang, Savannakhet, da Pakse za a sami mataimakiyar mazauni, 'yan sanda, mai biyan albashi, malamin makaranta, malamin makaranta da likita.Vietnamese sun cika mafi yawan matsayi na sama da matsakaicin matsayi a cikin tsarin mulki, tare da Lao ana ɗaukar su a matsayin ƙaramin magatakarda, masu fassara, ma'aikatan dafa abinci da ma'aikata na gabaɗaya.Ƙauyen sun kasance ƙarƙashin ikon gargajiya na shugabannin yankin ko kuma chao muang.A duk lokacin mulkin mallaka a Laos kasancewar Faransanci bai kai ƴan turawa dubu kaɗan ba.Faransawa sun mayar da hankali kan ci gaban ababen more rayuwa, da kawar da bautar da bautar da ake yi (ko da yake har yanzu ana ci gaba da aikin ƙorafi), kasuwanci da ya haɗa da samar da opium, kuma mafi mahimmancin tattara haraji.A karkashin mulkin Faransa, an ƙarfafa 'yan Vietnamese su yi ƙaura zuwa Laos, wanda 'yan mulkin mallaka na Faransa suka gani a matsayin mafita mai ma'ana ga matsala mai aiki a cikin iyakokin sararin samaniya na Indochina.^[48] ​​A shekara ta 1943, yawan mutanen Vietnam sun tsaya kusan 40,000, sun zama mafi rinjaye a cikin manyan biranen Laos kuma suna jin daɗin zabar shugabanninsu.^[49] Sakamakon haka, 53% na yawan mutanen Vientiane, 85% na Thakhek da 62% na Pakse 'yan Vietnam ne, ban da Luang Phrabang kawai inda yawancin jama'ar Lao ne.^[49] A ƙarshen 1945, Faransawa har ma sun tsara wani kyakkyawan shiri don matsar da ɗimbin mutanen Vietnam zuwa wurare uku masu mahimmanci, watau Vientiane Plain, yankin Savannakhet, Bolaven Plateau, wanda mamayar Japanawa ta Indochina kawai ta watsar.^[49] In ba haka ba, a cewar Martin Stuart-Fox, da Lao na iya rasa iko a kan ƙasarsu.^[49]Amsar Lao ga mulkin mallaka na Faransa ya kasance gauraye, kodayake ana kallon Faransawa a matsayin wanda ya fi dacewa da Siamese ta hanyar masu mulki, yawancin Lao Loum, Lao Theung, da Lao Sung sun kasance suna da nauyin haraji da kuma buƙatun ma'aikata na corvee don kafa wuraren mulkin mallaka.A shekara ta 1914, Sarkin Tai Lu ya gudu zuwa sassan kasar Sin na Sipsong Panna, inda ya fara yakin shekaru biyu na yaki da Faransanci a arewacin Laos, wanda ya buƙaci tafiye-tafiye na soja guda uku don murkushe shi kuma ya haifar da ikon Faransanci na Muang Sing kai tsaye. .A shekara ta 1920 yawancin Laos na Faransa sun kasance cikin zaman lafiya kuma an kafa tsarin mulkin mallaka.A cikin 1928, an kafa makarantar farko don horar da ma'aikatan Lao, kuma an ba da izini ga haɓakar motsi na Lao don cike mukamai da Vietnamese suka mamaye.A cikin 1920s da 1930s Faransa ta yi ƙoƙarin aiwatar da Yammacin Turai, musamman Faransanci, ilimi, kiwon lafiya na zamani da magani, da ayyukan jama'a tare da cin nasara gauraye.Kasafin kudin Laos na mulkin mallaka ya kasance na biyu a Hanoi, kuma Babban Bala'in Duniya ya kara takaita kudade.Har ila yau, a cikin 1920s da 1930s ne farkon kirtani na asalin ƙasar Lao ya fito saboda aikin Prince Phetsarath Rattanavongsa da Faransanci Ecole Francaise d'Extreme Orient don mayar da tsoffin abubuwan tarihi, temples, da gudanar da bincike na gabaɗaya a tarihin Lao, adabi. , fasaha da gine-gine.