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Vang Vieng

Vang Vieng proper noun: a city in Vientiane Province, Laos.

Proper noun

Vang Vieng

  1. A city in Vientiane Province, Laos.
    • 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.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, →ISSN, archived from...
    • With little information forthcoming from Laos authorities, some travelers in Vang Vieng and friends of those who died have taken it upon themselves to investigate.2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung, Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN

Origin of Vang Vieng

Borrowed from French Vang Vieng, from Lao ວັງວຽງ (Wang wīang).

Questions about Vang Vieng

What does Vang Vieng mean?
Vang Vieng means a city in Vientiane Province, Laos.
What part of speech is Vang Vieng?
Vang Vieng is a proper noun.

Words near Vang Vieng in the dictionary

  1. Vanfossen
  2. Vanfossens
  3. vanful
  4. vanfuls
  5. vang
  6. Vang Vieng
  7. vanga
  8. vangas
  9. Vange
  10. vanged
  11. vangid

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