Vang Vieng
Like a rural scene from an Oriental silk painting, Vang Vieng crouches low over the Nam Song with a backdrop of serene cliffs and a tapestry of vivid green paddy fields. Vang Vieng offers an array of outdoor experiences including kayaking, mountain climbing, trekking, or just touring the village on a scooter or bicycle.
Vang Vieng Experience
Food and Dining
Though Lao food has something similar to Thai’s due to a long shared history, some aspects of its cuisine are distinctive.
- Khao Niew (Sticky Rice): is eaten by hand and ever-present in almost every meal. It is considered the essence of what it means to be Lao, one of the main identifiers of Lao culture
- Laab: The most famous Lao dish, a salad made from ground meat and herbs, laced with fish sauce and lime juice and topped with a powder made from dry ground rice.
- Muu Haeng (Sun-Dried Pork) and Siin Haeng (Sun-Dried Beef): Muu haeng is thinly sliced pork, typically shoulder, while siin haeng is thinly sliced beef, typically a tough cut with fat, like top round. Both are marinated in a mixture of fish sauce, black soy sauce, oyster sauce, and chopped cilantro, lemongrass, garlic, ginger, and galangal
- Khao Poon (Soup With Fermented Noodles): The overall composition of the dish can vary by region, or even hometown. In Syhabout, khao poon nam prik is a chicken-broth soup with a red curry base that includes coconut milk. Luangrath describes khao poon nahm kaew as similar but served without coconut milk, and with a broth based on either pork or fish.
- Gaeng Naw Mai (Bamboo and Yanang Leaf Stew): This stew is made from bamboo shoots and flavored with yanang leaf extract.
- Tam Muk Muang (Green-Mango Salad): Lao version is made with unripe yellow mango, combined with tomato, garlic, and cashew and typically dressed with a mixture of soy and fish sauce, which adds salty and savory flavors, while palm sugar provides sweetness
- Naem Khao (Crispy Coconut Rice): A mixture of salt-cured ground pork, pig skin, scrambled egg, ground herbs, steamed and dried white rice, and dried shredded coconut, soaking up with the fish sauce and lime juice.
- Lao coffee (Pakxong coffee): Grown on the Bolovens Plateau around the town of Pakxong.
- Lao hai: means jar alcohol and is served from an earthen jar. It is communally and competitively drunk through straws at festive occasions.
- The Beerlao: has become more famous in Laos and is highly regarded by both locals and travelers alike.
Explore Vang Vieng Trip
Subscribe to Apple Travel News & Updates
and stay at the forefront of new product offerings, Apple Travel behind-the-scenes, destination news, travel trends and thought leadership articles from our on-the-ground experts.
Boasting over 20 years of experience in working with different clients from all around the world, we’ve been proud to be one of the leading DMCs in Vietnam with well-established reputation in the tourism industry. We have been serving thousands of trips successfully with customers’ highest satisfactions.
