There are plans to extend this railway south from Vientiane to Bangkok.

* 1827-A Lao rebellion led by Anouvong was defeated in 1827, following which Siam destroyed Vientiane, carried out massive forced population transfers from Laos to the more securely held area of Isan, and divided the Lao mueang British Malayainto smaller units to prevent another uprising.

The vassal kingdoms, first Uttaradit in the north, then soon after the Laotian kingdoms of Luang Prabang and Vientiane ( Wiangchan ), liberated themselves from their overlord.

The kingdom split into three rival factions, ruling from Luang Phra Bang, Vientiane, and Champasak ( ຈຳປາສ ັ ກ, จำปาศ ั กด ิ์).

Chao Phya Chakri ( Chakri is a title ) a renowned army general and associate of Taksin, in 1778, defeated the Vientiane and shifted the Emerald Buddha from Vientiane to Thonburi where it remained till Taksin's death.

In 1875, Chulalongkorn sent troops from Bangkok to crush the Heos as they ravaged as far as Vientiane.

Route 13 from Vientiane, passing Vang Vieng, to Luang Prabang is paved, though the pavement is in poor condition at places.

Several daily buses run from Vientiane to Luang Prabang, taking 9 – 11 hours.

Released from captivity in Burma by King Nanda Bayin, he returned to Vientiane where he was crowned in 1591.

In 1826, Khun Ying Mo managed to save the city from an invasion by the Laotian army led by Prince Anouvong of Vientiane.

He made formal submission to Siam, when he annexed Champasak, but after the withdrawal of the Thai army, he was attacked and killed by troops from Vientiane.

It is in enshrined at Wat Po Chai in Nongkhai, Thailand, just across the Mekong River from Vientiane.

But Hein, Barbetti and Sayavongkhamdy ( An Excavation at the Sisattanak Kiln Site, Vientiane, Lao P. D. R., 1989, 1992 ) say that the Lao kilns, which are of a cross-draft clay-slab type, differ substantially not only from the Siamese types but all other types in Southeast Asia.

It is in enshrined at Wat Po Chai in Nongkhai, Thailand, just across the Mekong River from Vientiane.

On August 11, General Ouane Rattikone, as the cabinet's envoy, arrived in Vientiane from Louang Phrabang.

This was coupled with a thrust to the north by the French forces, from Vientiane to Luang Prabang, that chased Phetsarath and the Lao Issara ministers out of Laos.

With the help of Air America and covert aid from Thailand, the general and his troops moved north toward Vientiane from Savannakhet in southern Laos, in November.

Sixteen H-34 helicopters were transferred from the U. S. Marine Corps to Air America ; maintenance facilities were established in Udorn in far northern Thailand, a few miles south of Vientiane.

Three months later, Nosavan launched an American-backed countercoup from his base in Savannakhet, successfully attacking the Neutralists in Vientiane.

In addition to logistical support from these craft, Bird and Son dropped paratroopers onto Vientiane from the C-46.

* The Lao empire of Lan Xang officially ends and splits into the kingdoms of Vientiane, Luang Prabang, and Champasak.

* December 2 – In Laos, the communist party of the Pathet Lao takes over Vientiane and defeat the Kingdom of Laos which ends the Laotian Civil War but the ongoing Insurgency in Laos begins with the Pathet Lao fighting the Hmongs, Royalist-in-exile and the Right-wings.

Like former historical rivalries between the kings of Luang Phrabang, Champasak and Vientiane, post-independence Laos was quickly divided between the royalists under Prince Boun Oum of Champasak ( ເຈ ົ້ າບ ຸ ນອ ຸ້ ມ ນະ ຈຳປາສ ັ ກ, เจ ้ าบ ุ ญอ ุ้ ม ณ จำปาศ ั กด ิ์), the neutralists under Prince Souvanna Phouma ( ເຈ ົ້ າສວ ັ ນນະພ ູ ມາ, เจ ้ าส ุ วรรณภ ู มา ), and the communist Pathet Lao ( ປະເທດລາວ, ประเทศลาว, pá tʰêːt lá: w ) under his half-brother Prince Souphanouvong ( ເຈ ົ້ າສ ຸ ພານນະວ ົ ງ, เจ ้ าส ุ ภาน ุ วงศ ์).

The Royal Lao Armed Forces were responsible for the defense of the country, comprising three branches-of-service: the Royal Lao Army, the Royal Lao Navy, and the Royal Lao Air Force, which was under the control of the Ministry of Defence in Vientiane.

In December 2 1975 in Vientiane, Prince Vong Savang submitted the letter of abdication of King Savang Vatthana to the Pathet Lao.

Luang Prabang, or Louangphrabang ( Lao: ຫ ຼ ວງພຣະບາງ, literally: " Royal Buddha Image ( in the Dispelling Fear mudra )," pronounced ), is a city located in north central Laos, at the confluence of the Nam Khan river and Mekong River about 425 km north of Vientiane.

Chao Anouvong (; ; ), or regnal name Chaiya Sethathirath V (; ), ( 1767 – 1829 ), led the Laotian Rebellion ( 1826 – 1829 ) as the last monarch of the Lao Kingdom of Vientiane.

Modern Lao nationalist movements, on the other hand, have turned Anouvong into a hero, even though his strategic and tactical mistakes combined with his hot temper led to the end of the kingdom of Lan Xang ( Million Elephants ,) destruction of Vientiane, and a permanent division of the Lao people between the country of Laos and the Lao-speaking provinces of northeastern Thailand.

An elephant howdah that belonged to him is now on display in the Lao National Museum in Vientiane.

In 2010, to coincide with the 450th Anniversary celebrations of Vientiane, the Lao government created the Chao Anouvong Park, complete with a large bronze statue of the locally revered King.

Souvanna Phouma, together with his brother, Prince Phetsarath Rattanavongsa ( 1891 – 1959 ) and his half-brother, Prince Souphanouvong ( 1909 – 1995 ), at around the end of World War II, joined Lao Issara ( Free Laos ) movement established to counter the French occupation and its provisional Vientiane government ( 1945 – 46 ).

He attacked Vientiane on September 18 but the neutralists with the help of the Pathet Lao and the Soviets, repulsed the attack.

Shortly after the Paris Peace Accords ended US involvement in the Vietnam war, the Pathet Lao and the government of Laos signed a cease-fire agreement, the Vientiane Treaty, in February 1973.

Lao ceramics were first uncovered in 1970 at a construction site at kilometer 3, Thadeua Road in the Vientiane area, Mekong Valley, Laos.

Lao ceramics were first uncovered in 1970 at a construction site at kilometer 3, Thadeua Road in the Vientiane area, Mekong Valley, Laos.

The Secretariat is based in Vientiane, Lao P. D. R, with over 120 staff including scientists, administrators and technical staff.

This was my second day in Vientiane, the administrative capital of Laos, and my thoughts were none too brave.

And no wonder, for Vientiane, the old City of Sandalwood, had become the City of Bullet Holes.

This damage had been done in the battle of Vientiane, fought less than three months earlier when four successive governments had ruled here in three days ( December 9-11, 1960 ).

But he had never seen the mountainous half of his native land north of Vientiane, including the royal capital, Luang Prabang.

Although we enjoyed our rounds of the government offices in Vientiane, with officials offering tea and pleasing conversation in French, we were getting nowhere.

In Vientiane, the royal Laotian government decided today to ask its `` friends and neighbors '' for help in fighting what it called a new rebel offensive threatening the southeast Asian kingdom.

This mountainous landscape extends across most of the north of the country, except for the plain of Vientiane and the Plain of Jars in the Xiangkhoang Plateau.

Climate data for Vientiane. On November 30, 2001, MODIS captured this image of southeastern Asia.

City rainfall stations have recorded that Savannakhét averages of rain annually ; Vientiane receives about, and Louangphrabang ( Luang Prabang ) receives about.

Vientiane Prefecture, which includes Vientiane, the capital and largest city of the country, had about 569, 000 residents in 1999.

The " Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge ", between Vientiane Prefecture and Nong Khai Province, Thailand, was inaugurated in April 1994.

In January 2007 work began on a 3. 5 km extension of the metre-gauge State Railway of Thailand network across the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge to Thanaleng Railway Station, a new passenger and freight terminal in Dongphosy village, 20 km east of Vientiane.

According to plans established by ASEAN, the line may also be extended via Thakhek all the way to the Laotian capital Vientiane.

In October 2010, plans were announced for a 530 km railway linking Vientiane to Xishuangbanna, in Yunnan province in China.

Vientiane is linked to Udon Thani using the First Friendship Bridge.

France maintains an embassy in Vientiane.

* Russia has an embassy in Vientiane.