Vang Vieng

proper noun

A city in Vientiane Province, Laos.

OriginFrench Vang Vieng ← Lao ວັງວຽງ →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city in Vientiane Province, Laos.

    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
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    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 the original on 16 Mar 2025

Origin

  1. Laoວັງວຽງ
  2. FrenchVang Vieng
  3. EnglishVang Vieng

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

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APA

Vang Vieng. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vang%20Vieng

MLA

“Vang Vieng.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vang%20Vieng. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Vang Vieng,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vang%20Vieng.

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