As the population get richer and people drive more cars, they obviously need to park somewhere and the lack of parking spaces in Vientiane are making drivers park on the pavement.

This causes a two way street to become narrow and turn into one road, and drivers must effectively drive in the middle of the road over the white markings and give way or slow down to oncoming cars in what is meant to be a two way street.

Pedestrians can't even walk on the side of the road either, and have to step onto the road.



Pavement parking is causing a problem in Vientiane

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The black car on the left needs a hand wash.

Yes, maybe they drove from a dusty area.

Good theory. Perhaps those pictures were taken from dry season. Lack of rain during dry season would have hindered soil stability and enhanced wind blown erosion on the non-vegetative landscape in and around metropolis Vientiane. Evidence of somewhat thick layer of dirt on the black car is an indication that the owner of the black car resided on the barren landscape.

its gonna be like china where almost all their city are pollute
air and water. I hope the local authority come up with laws
where cars n trucks aren't allow in certain area.

It won't be like China. Laos is just way too small..in surface area and population. Anyway there are still more cars in one large province of Thailand than all of Laos probably.

Catastrophic air pollution problem in cities in China is mainly caused by the direct results of too many of the population burning coal for cooking and heating.  Major cities in China are built on lowland basins with highland plateaus surrounding lowland basins. Therefore there is limited air flow to push the coal induced smog away from these cities because the highland plateaus restrict the air flow over these cities.

Sounds kind of like Chiang Mai, Thailand. It's in a valley surrounded by mountains, which are inhabited by ethnic minorities who practice slash and burn farming. The smoke gets trapped in the valley and Chiang Mai gets filled with smog after the farming season. I thought the pollution in China was from rapid industrialization and factories, though.

Buk Nut wrote on 17^th Jan, 2017 at 2:09am:

Sounds kind of like Chiang Mai, Thailand. It's in a valley surrounded by mountains, which are inhabited by ethnic minorities who practice slash and burn farming. The smoke gets trapped in the valley and Chiang Mai gets filled with smog after the farming season. I thought the pollution in China was from rapid industrialization and factories, though.

The problem with developing countries like China and Thailand is their ignorance of environmental concerns and lack of environmental regulations. I am sure most motorbikes, cars and trucks over in China and Thailand use mainly diesel and without set emission regulations. People slash and burning, bad emissions from vehiclse, coal burning, factory emissions not following emission standards (or lack thereof) will create a smog filled sky. This is just a phase during the development process of any society where land, river and sky make sacrifices.

Thailand is actually rather progressive and banned most motorcycles that use carburetor fuel systems. If you look at the new Honda Waves and even the automatic scooters they all use fuel-injection now.

China men are ignorant to environmental issues from rapid development. They even built cities with high rises and what not and do not have any China men living in. Their development looks good on paper that they are developed but does not look good if no one is living in them.
https://youtu.be/2r_84fnKQco

i dont see any pollution here in my city, hahaha. Pollution is caused by the men enslaved by so called progressive progress.

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Shanghai?

Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province.

my bad peter maybe just a few left that's still has clean air  :applause

there are many. the polluted cities are cities with good health care and excellent education facilities and good property price.  I also dont know why they dont move to clean-air cities.  :applause


ba dac wrote on 19^th Jan, 2017 at 12:16pm:

my bad peter maybe just a few left that's still has clean air  :applause

China can become cleaner if the Chinamen government allows full private ownership of businesses. Privatization allows competition, competition creates many ideas and options to solve every day problems and ideas and options enhance quality and services to the country.

China is commie and lacks land rights. I heard you can only own land for 70 years..

The topic is parking issue in Vientiane and how did we get off topic?

Buk Nut wrote on 21^st Jan, 2017 at 10:58am:

China is commie and lacks land rights. I heard you can only own land for 70 years..

70 years of lease for house or flat. Don't know for a piece of land.  I never seen a house or flat stand for 50 years, so, 70 is too much  :D

To be honest with ya I welcome anybody that will help develope Laos. I want to see Lao people on the world
stage, I want all the childrens have good education and
have access to health care. Cause the Lao government right  now ain't doing jack to help their own people. They
drive expensive car and drink fine wine ,while the people
are freaking dirt poor.

I hope it's red wine that they are drinking. I drink half a glass of red wine every evening. Actually red wine can lower your cholesterol, protect your heart, control blood sugar, boost your brain and fight off a cold, stop cancer, make you skinny and other benefits.

I like beer myself

I try to avoid beer nowadays because beer screws up my six packs.

Satan wrote on 24^th Jan, 2017 at 8:40pm:

I try to avoid beer nowadays because beer screws up my six packs.

with six packs without beer what a futile life ;D

What's a good beer in China, Chinaman?

Depends individual taste. I seldom drinks. I prefer water. ;D


Satan wrote on 25^th Jan, 2017 at 6:13am:

What's a good beer in China, Chinaman?

Good beers and hot chic

Germany has good beer. Never had Chinaman beer before.

Satan wrote on 26^th Jan, 2017 at 11:19am:

Germany has good beer. Never had Chinaman beer before.

Try one.  ;D

There is no such thing as bad beer.It is all good 😊

agree

I disagree. Bud Light is horrible and it's like drinking water. After finishing a six pack, I didn't feel high at all. I prefer dark beer because the getting high effect is much quicker dark beer.

We don't classify Bud Light as beer.It is classified as Elephant pee pretty  ;D

:laugh3 :laugh3

Bud light, coors light, miller light, it's all piss

Tiger beer is my favorite

My favourite evening beverage....

my favourite again...

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mitch wrote on 27^th Jan, 2017 at 7:54am:

Bud light, coors light, miller light, it's all piss Tiger beer is my favorite

Tiger beer is good

Is that China men's brand of beer?

Nah Tiger beer is from Singapore and is excellent lager. Don't know what Chinaman drink though...maybe bath water brewed up in the backyard but any beer is good beer 🍺  ;D :D ;D

I like a chinese brand Lao Shan, excellent.

I have never had Lao Shan beer so will give it a try

Lao Shan? You are pulling my legs..

Last beer I tried back in Asia was San Mig Light, think it's from the Philippines.  Would not recommend unless you just want to get hammered. 

Lost in translation? ;D

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that look very good.

I'll be dang...you are not pulling my legs.

Satan wrote on 12^th Feb, 2017 at 9:02am:

I'll be dang...you are not pulling my legs.

What a wonderful language

What language?

LaoShan is good beer  :applause

Laoshan looks like water downed beer.

I've never tried Chinese beer, but I tried Myanmar beer and I like it a lot better than Beer Lao. I really dislike Beer Lao for some reason lol..Myanmar beer is my favorite in Southeast Asia.

Buk Nut wrote on 15^th Feb, 2017 at 10:59am:

I've never tried Chinese beer, but I tried Myanmar beer and I like it a lot better than Beer Lao. I really dislike Beer Lao for some reason lol..Myanmar beer is my favorite in Southeast Asia.

Myanmar beer is excellent

My favourite......

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