Laos Travel Services

The Saigon Travel Service Company (Saigontourist) has launched 20 tours to central and southern regions for northern holiday makers. The tours will take visitors to heritage sites and famous beach resorts in the central coastal region such as Phong Nha, Hue , Da Nang and Hoi An as well as the colourful customs and daily [...]

Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has agreed to let the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism submit 2 dossiers on 2 of the country’s cultural practices to the United Nations instructional, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). These proposals are expected to earn the country UNESCO’s recognition of Don ca tai tu Nam bo (southern [...]

Laos in Brief The Peoples’ Democratic Republic of Laos is located in the center of Indochina, sharing borders with China to the North 416 kilometers, Myanmar to Northwest 236 kilometers, Thailand to the West 1,835 kilometers, Cambodia to the South 492 kilometers and Vietnam to the East 1,957 kilometers. With a total area of 236,800 [...]

Savannakhet is the second largest town on the Mekong river bank where shares the borders with Vietnam and Thailand. It is also an important center for the flourishing trade between Thailand and Vietnam. The provincial capital, Savan, lies just across the Mekong River from the Border City of Mukdahan, Thailand. It is a bustling commercial [...]

The annual monsoon cycles that affect all of mainland Southeast Asia produce a ‘dry and wet monsoon climate’ with three basic seasons for most of Laos. The southwest monsoon arrives in Laos between May and July and lasts into November. The monsoon is followed by a dry period (from November to May), beginning with lower [...]

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