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Adventure in Vang Vieng, Vientiane, and Don Det (4000 islands).

The financial means of the bride and groom’s families determine the wedding guest list and the type of food that will be served at a reception. You can buy a menu ranging from 70,000 Kip to 100,000 Kip or more per person. A dinner reception would be a buffet style with food and drinks, sufficient [...]

Since today is Valentine’s Day I thought it would be fitting to share with you of some photos from a wedding in Vientiane on January 13, 2008. It is a trend in Vientiane to have a Baci ceremony at a bride’s home in the morning and then a reception in the evening, at a restaurant [...]

An adventure of two backpackers in Laos, starting with the Gibbon Experience and the World Heritage site of Luang Prabang.

One of my co-workers asked if I heard the story of the Green M&Ms, and of course I haven’t. She said that they came out with all Green Peanut M&Ms and showed me the package. The first thing that came to mind was that it must be for St. Patrick’s day that is coming [...]

 
 This article starts with;
“The Lao government has denied rumours that a huge property development project on the outskirts of Vientiane will become a sprawling Chinatown, home to 50,000 Chinese families, government sources said Tuesday…..”
Though the authorities deny it, most Lao that I spoke to, (who live in the area), all agree that the majority of residential [...]

Hmong New Year celebration in Laos (KM52, Vientiane).

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Photo slideshow from Operation Smile. World Journey of Smiles (WJOS) in Pakse is part of the medical mission conducted by Operation Smile, a United Nations affiliated organization.

After two weeks of intense negotiations, Congress passed the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008. The plan will provide tax rebates of up to $600 for individuals and up to $1,200 for couples filing jointly, with an additional payment for families of $300 a child, and a minimum payment of $300 for individuals who pay [...]

Questions and answers for Nerakhoon at Sundance Film Festival Day.
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The beautiful Pakse.

Laoplanet.net is renewed, yet again. As you might have noticed, after the server meltdown of our hosting company we created a new Laoplanet in August 2007 based on Pligg software. Through this software, anyone could add content and link to content together with a voting / ranking ability.
However, there are three main reasons why we [...]

The original preview of Maktae the comedy movie about Lao football team going to the World Cup with the music video by Lao Original Gangstaz or LOG.
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L.O.G Music VDO OST Maktae Movie

Can you pick out the funniest parts of the movie?

For those of my relatives that are farmers, they also work on the garden during the dry season. During the planting season the able working bodies will be at the rice paddies and then during the dry season they would be busy at the garden or suan in Lao language. As you can see from [...]

Beer Lao, Beer Kong Khon Jing Jai.