Laos

Next to the Royal Palace Museum along Sisavong Vang Road is the early nineteenth century temple of Wat Mai Suwannapumaram (just \’Wat Mai\’ to most…

It is situated in Ban Ou-Tai village, constructed over 500 years ago by Phraya Chakawattiraja. Within the monastery, there is Haw Thane Keo (the place…

There are several villages set around Vang Vieng Town. The most recommended are Ban Nam Yen: Yao village, 3km from Tham Nang Phomh, Ban Samsavath:…

LAOS ETHNIC MINORITIES THE MOSAIC OF ETHNIC MINORITIESOne of South East Asia’s most ethnically diverse countries, Laos has long defied the best efforts of anthropologists…

THE LAOS SINCE 1975 In December 1975, the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP) was declared the ruling party of the newly-christened People’s Democratic Republic of…

The temple complex of Wat Phou was begun as early as the 7th century AD, though its present form dates mostly from the 11th and…

The Tham Pa Fa Cave, located near Na Khang Xang Village in Thakhaek District, recently came into the news following the discovery of 229 Buddha…

The Wat Xiengthong is the most beautiful designed temple located at the tip of town, where the Khan flows into the Mekong, is one of…

The Nam Lan Conservation Area (NLCA covers 22,000 ha of mostly densely forested, very steep terrain, at between 600 metres and 1,850 metres elevation. Picturesque…

The Phou Khao Khouay National Park is located some 70km from Vientiane, and is 2,000 sq km in extent. Within its boundaries are several forest…

LAOS LITERATURE THE EARLY LITERATURE OF LAOSAs in neighbouring countries, the earliest literature to emerge in what is now the Lao PDR served to perpetuate…

Nong Fa Lake Located a 3-day walk from Sanxay District in the northeast of Attapeu. Situated amid serene natural beauty and fenced by peaks of…