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Situated in a fertile plain on the northern-eastern banks of the Mekong River, Vientiane is the capital of Laos as well as the biggest village in Asia. The cultural and commercial center of Laos, Vientiane is home to an amazing range of temples, shrines, and historical monuments. Vientiane was once the capital of Lan Xang kingdom until its fall in 1707. Later, it was occupied by the Siamese general Phraya Chakri in 1779, and made a vassal of Siam. It was during the 19th century that Vientiane was declared the capital of Laos under the French protectorate. Today, Vientiane is a vibrant city, which at the same time retains a grace and charm of its own. The city is made up of five districts such as Chantabuly, Hadxaifong, Sikhottabong, Sisattanak, and Xaysetha.



The prime attraction of Vientiane is unquestionably its historical sites and monuments. Of which that deserves a special mention is Pha That Luang, a great sacred, castle-like Stupa built by King Setthathirat in 1566. Situated atop a hill, the Stupa is believed to have been erected on the site of a former Khmer temple of the 11th century. Legend has it that That Luang is the resting place of a remnant of the Buddha that is thought to have been brought here by some Buddhist missionaries from India during the 3rd century. This historical site now stands as a testimony of the Lao sovereignty as well as the effect of Buddhist religion in the region. Another great historical site in Vientiane is Wat Sisaket – an elegant temple built by King Anouvong in 1818. The main sanctuary of the shrine houses more than 6500 images of the Buddha, made of a variety of metals like bronze, silver, wood and clay. Many of these images date back to the periods, ranging from 16th to 19th century. The temple premises also contain murals elucidating the lives of the Buddha. Apart from these, a Burmese-style library can be seen here.

Additionally, historical sites in Vientiane include Wat Ong Teu Mahawihan, whose highlights are a large bronze statue of the Buddha, a big drum, and intricate carvings. Other popular historical sites in the area are Haw Pha Kaew, housing a throne, manuscripts and bronze drums, and Ho Phra Keo, which was formerly a monastery.

A must-see destination in Vientiane is Buddha Park, a sculpture garden which is strewn with an incredible variety of Buddhist as well as Hindu statues. Further, Vientiane’s attractions cover an interesting array of museums such as the Lao Revolutionary Museum, exhibiting artifacts used by Laotians and imperialists, such as, uniforms, maps, and guns; and Kaysone Phomvihane Museum, which is devoted to the life of the Pathet Lao leader.

Boasting of a variety of restaurants, bars, and bakeries, Vientiane also offers excellent options for entertainment and eating out. Talaat Sao, popularly known as the morning market, is a great place for those who want to enjoy a bowl of sumptuous noodles and grilled chicken. Some of the restaurants in Valencia’s Chao Anou St serve delicious duck rice. Dining options also include night market, where available are grilled chicken, pungent curries, and spicy salads, among many others.

Above all, Vientiane is a shopper’s paradise, with scores of outlets and stores selling pure silver, ethnic collectibles, elegant clothing, hand-made jewelry, and antique items.

Source: http://www.iho-ohi.org/index.php/vientiane/



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I am proud of the dust, the mud and the rubbish or Trash.

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I am proud of the dust, the mud and the rubbish or Trash.



 YES!! dust and trash.

People been there complaint about the dust and the thrash.

 



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i'm proud of drunk drivers and people don't know how to drive, just use
their friend's car or truck and driving in the city.ashamedblehbiggrin

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i'm proud of our teenage girls, they do a good job selling their bodies to old men and tourists

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i'm proud of our teenage girls, they do a good job selling their bodies to old men and tourists



 LOL!!


My cousin went to Laos and he got a knock at his hotel room door one night. A Lao girl ask him if he wants some. biggrin



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Another thing.


I know many people go to Laos. They notice most Vientiane monks are from the South. Vientiane men rather go drink beerlao and hang out at a club.

Yeah, I am so proud of Vientiane right now. biggrin

-- Edited by Saffron at 23:22, 2007-11-13

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 -Good people try to look for good way.
 -Bad people try to look for bad.
               We are living in Vientiane, Lao PDR.

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Saffron wrote:

 LOL!!


My cousin went to Laos and he got a knock at his hotel room door one night. A Lao girl ask him if he wants some. biggrin


My Japanese friend went to Vang vieng and told me the same thing that Lao girls knocked his door at night and as if she could enter and talk with him in a room ashamed 



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I like Vientiane. The temples and all that are nice but what I really appreciate in Vientiane are very nice people. Markets are well stocked with an amazing variety of food. Great foe. Traffic isn't too bad. Like I said the people are the best point.

Please don't say bad things about the Lao girls, it doesn't sound very good.

OB

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LOL saffron ! I`m proud of new streets with full of cars parking along left and right side which made funny traffic congestion which cost me more gasoline... proud of leaders who got retirement bonus ( let`us say BONUS ) by taking their personnal car ( bought by state owned company or ministry ) with them claiming that they deserved it according to the regulation ( they especialy created it for this purpose ) they bought it ? Yes, but in a incridible low price... who lost ? = the government ! yeah ! Saffron ! I`m proud of some nice lao officials with their shining cars who will lead our Laos down to the hell ! proud of school teengirls who need money made themselves prostitutes ! proud of dirty road full of potholes going to my home .... Hmmm have you some thing more to be proud of Saffron ?
Thanong chai nam viengchanh khong hao
Proud of VT
have a nice day all !
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1.vientiane is peaceful 2. not polution as many big city in the region with the green of trees 3. people are kind hearted and generius 4. roads and side walk are clean and in order 5. many historycal and cultural places, 5 no traffic jame 6. low crime



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number 5 (trafic jam) is little by litte becoming false :(
all the problems mentioned by others are real and very sad too...

but i agree with your 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6... that's why i like a lot this city

-- Edited by paris_vientiane at 12:08, 2007-11-14

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These are to be compared: the trafic jam, hight of buidings and green of trees
1. here is hanoi http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1532556105&size=m
2. bangkok http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=257209187&size=m
3. phnom penh  http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=495037035&size=o
4. Vientiane http://www.flickr.com/photos/paxsonyang/305056192/
web master please help me post these pictures, many thanks der!

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this picture is nic too, you can see the green of tree, blue sky with fresh air and empty road http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=124609049&size=o



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As request, here are the photos you mentioned.

1. Hanoi


2. Bangkok


3. Phnom penh


4. Vientiane


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Thank you very much Mr. Webmaster for posting all pictures. It is proved that Vientiane is very nice. That is why we Lao people are proud of it.

It is ashamed that those who have never been in Vientiane clamed that Vientiane is dirty city. To some extent, no surpise they are the people who have bad imagination about Laos, Vientiane in particular. 

As for the prostitute women, they are available not only in Laos, but in Thailand, USA, France and every country around the world even more. On top of that in Western countries to sleep with women, I know, even no need to give any money, meaning they are free for that as long as they are happy with you (men). However, that is a personal bussiness of women. Either Lao girls or western girls are human being. Why should we talk too bad about them. They are prostitute doesn't mean they are not human. Everyone wants to be a good person, but life is like that. 

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1.vientiane is peaceful 2. not polution as many big city in the region with the green of trees 3. people are kind hearted and generius 4. roads and side walk are clean and in order 5. many historycal and cultural places, 5 no traffic jame 6. low crime


Yes, you are really right. I totally agree with you. That is why we Lao people who love Laos are proud of it. Now I stay in oversea, I really miss Vientiane and Boun Pra That Luang which would take place soon.  



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Oh, I used to live in Vientiane long time ago and have visited Laos recently. I
was shock to see the dirt, the dust, the mud and the rubbish all around own.
The water in a canal in Ban Khounta Thong is so dirty and stinky. The water in the canal is so polluted and when you walk along the raod you can smell the strong odor from the dirty canal. It is worse than before

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That's a big problem! pollution and rubbish treatment are very expensive. Laos become richer and richer and many people living in Vientiane produce more and more rubbish and pollution as they can buy and consume more things... but the country is not yet rich enough to provide good treatment facilities...

everything is so complex... never perfect.

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Vientiane is for sure a good place to live. I would hate living in Bangkok. Paris is not bad, but sometimes i feel very upset with this infinite city!

with a few more investments (sanitation/rubbish treatment, road improvements, walking place along mekong...) Vientiane could become a wonderfull city

There are many many projects to improve the city, that's a good point.... i just hope the current and future growth of trafic jams and pollution will be limited and won't destroy the pleasure to discover or live in this city

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Vientiane is very good name and full of meaning, many foreigners come to work in Vientiane and after ending their mission, they don't want to return home, for example my English teacher in Vientiane College, Only some bad people whose hold nationality of another countries try to spoint the fame of Vientiane and try to spoint the Lao women, that was useless person.

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ooh ! I see that you only see your toes, who don`t love vientiane ? those who said not very good thing doesn`t mean that they hate VT, but in the contrary, they `d like VT to be improved, to be more clean, to be an excellent place to live without polluted air and water : compare with Nongkhai which is only a far province from bangkok but they managed to keep it tidy, all roads of the villages arround it are paved or concreted, go to see it yourself if you don`t believe me, and why can`t we do the similar thing that they`ve done ? of course, we don`t copy everything from them , for exemple : they used too much insecticide , herbicide, pesticide and a lots of strong fertilizers for strong development of their agriculture for export that ended up tothe banning of all water consumation from wells, very sad for them... and we, of course do not want in any way our capital and other provinces to be like that...

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Vientiane is very good name and full of meaning, many foreigners come to work in Vientiane and after ending their mission, they don't want to return home, for example my English teacher in Vientiane College, Only some bad people whose hold nationality of another countries try to spoint the fame of Vientiane and try to spoint the Lao women, that was useless person.



Lao overseas are not your enemies. They are like brothers/sisters to you.  Just because they disagree with you or point out what is bad does not mean they hate you or they hate Laos nor they think you are their enemy. You must not think they are your enemy either.

You live in Lao and Lao overseas want the exact same thing. We want Laos to be smarter and wiser. We don't want to see proverty in Laos either. We want Lao to be modernized but at the same time we don't want you and all your ethnic people to lose their identity, cultures, or traditions.





 



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Yes, when it comes to country development, one should understand that it cannot be done overnight. If you cannot undestand that you will fall to such degree that you just want to look down other people, no doubt. Like you want Vientiane to be the capital or city of developed countries.
That is impossible. 

If you are so smart why don't you suggest something that could actually improve the current situation which all Lao people would only appreciate. But if you just talk something rubbish, definitely they have to think that you just want to look down Lao people or discredit Lao image. Nothing is constructive. You forget even your origin. That definitely makes us think that you are just the servants of other countries under the slogan "Democracy".

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Oh yes, I am proud of what the Japanese, Chinese, South Korean and foreign countries have been helping to beautify Vientiane captial. If there is no foreign countries help, I am sure Vientiane won't look better like it does today.

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Yes, when it comes to country development, one should understand that it cannot be done overnight.

I know. It took Lao communist government 30 years to get Laos in it current state.

If you cannot undestand that you will fall to such degree that you just want to look down other people, no doubt. Like you want Vientiane to be the capital or city of developed countries.
That is impossible. 

No, I don't want Vientiane to be like other major cities. I want Vientiane to be Vientiane.


If you are so smart why don't you suggest something that could actually improve the current situation which all Lao people would only appreciate. But if you just talk something rubbish, definitely they have to think that you just want to look down Lao people or discredit Lao image.

Actually I have done a lot with NGO groups in helping Lao people in rural area and donate money to Lao temples.

Nothing is constructive. You forget even your origin. That definitely makes us think that you are just the servants of other countries under the slogan "Democracy".

Regards,
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You have a resentment toward overseas Lao bordering hatred. Do you hate your parents, brothers/sisters, cousins, aunts/uncles, or grandparents when they suggest  or point out to you what is wrong with you?

Obcourse not. You go fix the problem.
 
By the way, I don't forget who I am. I see it in the mirror everyday. I will be Lao until the day I die. There is no fooling there.

You need to stop thinking it is YOUR country versus MY country. It is not like that. It is never like that.

I want Laos to be proud of who they are and their accomplishments.


 



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I totally and wholeheartedly agree with Mr. Saffron's comment. Laos have to do more.

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Bravo ! saffron ! you said exactly what I`d liked to say. it is not an overnight that we`re building VT but already thirty years... it seems that we are moving too too slowly, lao people have to do more....

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I want Laos to be proud of who they are and their accomplishments.

You meant Lao people should be proud of being poor? Lao people should not do anything, accepting what they have. Easy said, of course you can talk you enjoy civilization in other countries. Lao people have a right to develop their country according to what they think suits them, no doubt.
 
Although you are Lao race, you hold foreign passport. If I were you I would shut up my mouth. You are American citizen and probably the servant of Vangpao.



 




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hmmm! in the lanexang avenue`s pics, it is rare to see empty road like this ... I wonder when it were been taken...

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Some people hold nationality of another countries boasting, I am big but have only $1,00 and look down to Lao people, to Lao women, to Vientiane and said Vientiane is full of dust, mud, rubbis and dirty. Which country on this earth without dust and mud? except the country in the skybiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin.



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Some people hold nationality of another countries boasting, I am big but have only $1,00 and look down to Lao people, to Lao women, to Vientiane and said Vientiane is full of dust, mud, rubbis and dirty. Which country on this earth without dust and mud? except the country in the skybiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin.


Yes, I totally agree with you. Nothing more needs to be added.



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