Vang Vieng

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Vang Vieng

  1. 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.
    • 2024 November 27, Jessie Yeung and Isaac Yee, “Laos detains foreign hostel staff over backpacker methanol poisonings as families and travelers demand answers”, in CNN‎[2]:
      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.
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