Vietnamese people in Laos like this woman sell cardboard and plastic bottles for a living.

Unlike most Lao people, the Vietnamese don't feel embarrassed when riding bicycles with loads of junk on the streets of Vientiane.

http://www.laopride.com/pictures/laopride51.jpg

haha , why embarrassed ? It's ok to earn money by themselve ^^
I respect anyone who can risk their time or their money or both of them to improve the quality of their life ^^  ;)

Vietnamese
http://www.laopride.com/pictures/laopride64.jpg


Vietnamese
http://www.laopride.com/pictures/laopride65.jpg


Vietnamese
http://www.laopride.com/pictures/laopride66.jpg

so poor :( hix , same as Vietnam in some areas . Life's difficult to live

Damn! Look at all that graffiti! It looks like a low socio-economic Western suburb.

How rife is graffiti in Laos?

Look like they're hard worker and some are poor. Are they illegal immigrant?
:)

Larb Dip wrote on 29^th May, 2011 at 2:29pm:

How rife is graffiti in Laos?

There's not many graffiti in Laos.




llX wrote on 29^th May, 2011 at 3:31pm:

Are they illegal immigrant? :)

It's difficult to tell, just by looking at them.

ASEAN people look very similar. I can't tell which nationality just by looking at them.
;)


Admin Saovaluck wrote on 30^th May, 2011 at 12:57am:

Larb Dip wrote on 29th May, 2011 at 2:29pm: How rife is graffiti in Laos? There's not many graffiti in Laos. llX wrote on 29th May, 2011 at 3:31pm: Are they illegal immigrant? :) It's difficult to tell, just by looking at them.

The average population of Laos is 20 year old. Laos has the youngest population in Asia. They're pretty westernized.
;)


Larb Dip wrote on 29^th May, 2011 at 2:29pm:

Damn! Look at all that graffiti! It looks like a low socio-economic Western suburb. How rife is graffiti in Laos?

That's quite a distinct background. Where is it?

I read a lot of world news. These new generation will be in Lao government and lead Laos in the future.
;)


Larb Dip wrote on 30^th May, 2011 at 2:19am:

That's quite a distinct background. Where is it?

Vietnamese are free to roaming in Laos. I believed they(keow) are more than us(Lao). Last time I been there, I have a hard times to find our ppl doing the business in the town. Most of those are doing business in Laos are Chinese and Vietnamese(Keow). You couldn't tell who are their. Most of them were born there after 1975 and the new comers.

That why the 3 heads Elephant are representing for new Laos.

LAOS = LAO + KEOW + JEX = 6.5 mil

As long as they assimilates into Laos culture. Last time I heard there're 2 million Vietnamese in Laos.
:)

llX wrote on 30^th May, 2011 at 5:01am:

As long as they assimilates into Laos culture. Last time I heard there're 2 million Vietnamese in Laos. :)

That's too much many.

Most of the Viets in Laos that I know of speak Lao and act Lao too. As long as they don't try to overtake the country and assimilate, it should be fine.

That's because they were born in Laos, or they've lived in Laos for a long time.

It's similar to Laotians living in the USA being Americanised, and they have no thought of overtaking the country.

Okay. What about the Chinese, what are their ambitions?

Yes its ethnics Lao population is only about 3.8 million. I bet more are coming in every year as Laos economies grow. Its like Mexican illegal immigrant in the U.S. Some Viet are assimilated into Laos culture which is good.
;)


Larb Dip wrote on 30^th May, 2011 at 9:01am:

llX wrote on 30th May, 2011 at 5:01am: As long as they assimilates into Laos culture. Last time I heard there're 2 million Vietnamese in Laos. :) That's too much many. Most of the Viets in Laos that I know of speak Lao and act Lao too. As long as they don't try to overtake the country and assimilate, it should be fine.

Chinese are everywhere in the world. Not just Laos. They're all about economic interest, and needed Laos natural resource to feed their giant economy. One thing about Chinese most don't assimilated in other culture.
;)



Larb Dip wrote on 31^st May, 2011 at 2:24am:

Okay. What about the Chinese, what are their ambitions?

The Chinese will run Laos one day..........not long from now. I'm still apprehensive. :-X

Vietnam will not let them. We don't know the future. But Jek Bangkok already run Thailand.
;)


Larb Dip wrote on 31^st May, 2011 at 8:35am:

The Chinese will run Laos one day..........not long from now. I'm still apprehensive. :-X

I hate to be the one to say it, but I doubt Khon Lao will have the heart to stage a riot if worse comes to worse.

That's how they keep our people down. Lao has no say, no freedom of speech or hold peaceful protest. Just like when the French give Laos territory, Isan to Thailand in 1906. Lao people has no say. Agreed or disagreed.  
;)


Larb Dip wrote on 31^st May, 2011 at 8:01pm:

I hate to be the one to say it, but I doubt Khon Lao will have the heart to stage a riot if worse comes to worse.