Vientiane, Laos (Pha That Luang, Patuxai, Haw Phra Kaew ,Wat Si Saket)

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Vientiane, also spelled Viangchan, largest city and capital of Laos, situated on a plain just northeast of the Mekong River. The city’s central river port location in a country relying heavily on its rivers for transportation and its surrounding hinterland of intensive rice cultivation have made Vientiane the major economic centre of Laos. The city has a tropical monsoon climate, every month having an average daytime temperature above 80 °F (27 °C) and more than 80 percent of Vientiane’s annual precipitation on the average falling in the five months May–September.

Vientiane is divided administratively into 9 cities with a total area of only approx. 3,920 square kilometres and is located on the banks of the Mekong, close to the Thai border. Vientiane was the administrative capital during French rule and, due to economic growth in recent times, is now the economic center of Laos.

Vientiane is noted as the home of the most significant national monuments in Laos – Pha That Luang – which is a known symbol of Laos and an icon of Buddhism in Laos. Other significant Buddhist temples in Laos can be found there as well, such as Haw Phra Kaew, which formerly housed the Emerald Buddha.

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00:03:03 Pha That Luang
00:04:54 Wat Mixai
00:05:42 Wat Ong Teu
00:06:33 That Dam Stupa
00:07:01 Nam Phou Fountain
00:09:11 Patuxai

00:10:00 Vientiane - 2022
00:10:11 Wat That Luang Neua
00:11:04 Hor Dhammasabha convention hall
00:12:35 Pha That Luang
00:17:52 Patuxai

00:29:59 Vientiane - 2013
00:33:38 Wat Si Saket
00:42:36 Haw Phra Kaew
00:44:49 Patuxai
00:45:57 Pha That Luang
00:50:48 Nam Phou Fountain
00:53:44 Vientiane - 2009
00:54:29 Pha That Luang

00:53:44 Vientiane - 2008
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