Vang Vieng
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French Vang Vieng, from Lao ວັງວຽງ (Wang wīang).
Proper noun
[edit]Vang Vieng
- A city in Vientiane province, Laos.
- 2024 November 22, Adeshola Ore, Kate Lamb, “Six people are dead after a suspected mass methanol poisoning at a backpacker party town. What went wrong in Laos?”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
- Vang Vieng is an unlikely party hub. Surrounded by striking limestone mountains and caves in central Laos, it morphed from a small farming town to a hedonistic party hub in the early 2000s.
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