Laos
Central Laos
Vientiane Province

Vang Vieng

Vang Vieng, sometimes spelled Vang Viang, is a riverside town in . It is the adventure capital of Laos, with a river flowing through the spectacularly wild karst formations, laid-back countryside and many caves. Many outdoor tours are available.
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  • Type: Town with 25,000 residents
  • Description: town in Laos
  • Also known as: “Muang Vangviang”, “Vangviang”, and “Viangviang”

Vang Vieng

Latitude
18.9194° or 18° 55′ 10″ north
Longitude
102.4477° or 102° 26′ 52″ east
Population
25,000
Elevation
243 metres (797 feet)
Open location code
7PC4WC9X+Q3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1452955147
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
1655087
Wiki­data ID
Q1012615
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Vang Vieng” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فانغ فينغ”
  • Bulgarian: “Вангвианг”
  • Cebuano: “Vangviang”
  • Chinese: “万荣”
  • Chinese: “旺陽”
  • Chinese: “萬榮”
  • Chinese: “萬榮市”
  • Croatian: “Vang Vieng”
  • Dutch: “Vang Vieng”
  • Dutch: “Vangviang”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “فانج فينج”
  • Esperanto: “Vang Vieng”
  • Finnish: “Vang Vieng”
  • French: “Vang Vieng”
  • French: “Vangvīang”
  • German: “Vang Vieng”
  • Hebrew: “ואנג ויאנג”
  • Hebrew: “ואנג ויינג”
  • Hebrew: “ונג ויינג”
  • Hebrew: “מואנג וואנגוויאנג”
  • Italian: “Vangvīang”
  • Italian: “Vanvìa”
  • Italian: “Vanviana”
  • Japanese: “ヴァンヴィエン”
  • Japanese: “バンビエン”
  • Japanese: “ワンウィエン郡”
  • Khmer: “វាំងវៀង”
  • Kinaray-A: “Vangvīang”
  • Korean: “방비엥”
  • Lao: “ວັງວຽງ”
  • Luxembourgish: “Vang Vieng”
  • Malay: “Vang Vieng”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Vang Vieng”
  • Norwegian: “Vang Vieng”
  • Persian: “وانگ وینگ”
  • Persian: “ونگ وینگ”
  • Polish: “Vang Vieng”
  • Polish: “Vangvieng”
  • Portuguese: “Vang Vieng”
  • Russian: “Ванг Вьенг”
  • Spanish: “Vang Vieng”
  • Spanish: “Vangvīang”
  • Swedish: “Vang Vieng”
  • Swedish: “Vangviang”
  • Thai: “วังเวียง”
  • Urdu: “وانگ ویئنگ”
  • Vietnamese: “Vang Vieng”
  • Vietnamese: “Vang Viêng”
  • Vietnamese: “Văng Viêng”
  • Vietnamese: “Vangvieng”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Vang Vieng”. Photo: Ssuri, CC BY-SA 3.0.