Vientiane

Siribunnyasan the last independent king of Vientiane had died by 1780, and his sons Nanthasen, Inthavong, and Anouvong had been taken to Bangkok as prisoners during the sack of Vientiane in 1779.

Laos’s capital, Vientiane, reached 108.5 degrees on Saturday, the hottest temperature on record.

On April 29, an unidentified gunman and seriously wounded Anousa Luangsuphom, an activist and online critic of the Lao government, in the capital, Vientiane.

Vientiane’s dam-building mania has also contributed to Laos’ current heavy burden of foreign debt, much of it owed to Chinese state banks, which has pushed the country to the verge of economic crisis.

Asean has been working with China to produce a South China Sea code of conduct, which is expected to be part of the talks in Vientiane.

Laos’ most important landmark is the Pha That Luang, a golden Buddhist stupa in Vientiane, while the capital’s other highlights include temples like Wat Si Saket and the old quarter.

The Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) underscores a strategic shift towards sustainability in the industry, as highlighted recently during last month’s ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) in Vientiane.

For ASEAN countries, the Vientiane meeting is comparable to the April 2003 Bangkok meeting, when Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met ASEAN counterparts and devised plans to jointly combat SARS.

Vientiane’s insistence on hydropower, funded by Chinese loans, is also partly justifiable.

Wang did not speak to reporters at Vientiane’s airport but he and the ASEAN ministers were expected to issue a joint statement after the meeting on Thursday.

Free All Wrongfully Detained; Permit Peaceful Rally (New York) – The Lao government should immediately release political activists arrested for planning a peaceful pro-democracy rally in Vientiane, Human Rights Watch said today.

Friday, an official newspaper, The Vientiane Times, reported that the official death toll had “climbed” to four, contradicting earlier reports in the state-run media that had put the death toll at 27.

The “ASEAN Declaration on One ASEAN One Response” that was adopted in September 2016 in Vientiane shows that ASEAN member states are committed to collective disaster response.

The road to Mandalay can mean a long drive to East Asian cities including Yangon, Bangkok, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City and Kunming in Yunnan, China.

Chao Anouvong was installed as a vassal king of Vientiane by the Siamese.

City rainfall stations have recorded that Savannakhét averages convert of rain annually; Vientiane receives about convert, and Louangphrabang ( Luang Prabang ) receives about convert.