Links to Laos

	Great site on Laos (culture, travel, visa, gallery, ...) by Somsak on www.lao.ch (in English & French)	Beerlao
	Online Trading, Connecting People, General Information and Travel guide. And now you can send message to your friends in Lao language (in English & Lao!)
	Green Discovery Laos - professional adventure travel and ecotourism company in Laos, head office in Vientiane next to the Khop Chai Deu Restaurant

News: Vientiane Times, Laos - Lao newspaper in English; VientianeTimes.com, collection of news about Laos and Lao in the US (this is not the official Lao newspaper!); Google News on Laos
Government and other Official Sites: Lao Embassy to the US - Officials, postcards, investment information, visa information, etc.; Visit Laos 2000, every traveler's first stop; Lao Ministery of Commerce (MOC), laws in English and Lao, business contacts; National University of Laos; United Nation Development Programme in Laos - has a list of all NGOs in Laos (including contacts); The Lao Mission at UNDP; www.laopdr.com, kind of portal site, link to Lao government online; Lao Language and Culture Learning Resources - Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University, has more great links

Commercial: Green Discovery Laos - adventure travel company and eco-tourism specialists; Khop Chai Deu Restaurant in the heart of Vientiane near the Nam Phu circle; Lao Brewery Company (L.B.C.) - Beerlao, my favorite beer!; l@onet.net - another virtual community; Lao Airlines, the Lao airline (formely called Lao Aviation); Tango - Mobile phone service provider in Laos (e.g. prepaid cards)

Lao Language: Lao Language and Culture Learning Resources - Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Northern Illinois University, has more great links; Let's Learn Lao - with Ajarn Bounhong Khommarath - nicely pictured lao characters with sound samples

Personal Websites: www.lao.ch, great website in Lao, English, and French; Internet Travel Guide to Laos does its usual reliable job with travel info. by P.M. Geiser. This site offers also travel information about other countries in South East Asia.; Pictures from Laos by Thomas Koller (and other countries); Akihito's pages -

Other Topics: Hmong culture - this Hmong homepage offers good information; Lao Banknotes - Royal Lao, Pathet Lao, Lao PDR; Lao Link Collection - by Andreas Dutly, also Malaysia, Thailand, Switzerland, ...; Lao Link Collection of laoupdate.com