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Place details
- Locality
- ວັງວຽງ
- Region
- ວຽງຈັນ
- Country
- ປະເທດລາວ
- Population
- 25,000
- Timezone
- Asia/Vientiane
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Laos
- Province
- Vientiane Province
- Total
- 25,000
- Religions
- Buddhism
- Time zone
- UTC+7 ( ICT )
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Laos
- Located in
- Vang Vieng
- Population
- 25000
- Image
- VientianeProvince VangVieng9 tango7174.jpg
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- Commons category
- Vang Vieng
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
Vang Vieng (Lao: ວັງວຽງ, pronounced [wáŋ wíaŋ]) is a small town in the Vientiane Province of Laos. It is popular with tourists, specifically backpackers, seeking adventure sports as well as its karst topography. It is on the Nam Song River, 130km north of Vientiane (2 hours by car or bus).
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vang Vieng” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.