Vientiane
Proper noun
Meaning
Vientiane
The capital city of Laos.
Synonyms
Examples
Chao Anouvong was installed as a vassal king of Vientiane by the Siamese.
Four India-ASEAN Summits, first in 2002 at Phnom Penh (Cambodia), second in 2003 at Bali, Indonesia, third in 2004 at Vientiane, Laos, and the fourth in 2005 at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, have taken place.
According to the Vientiane Energy and Mines Department, basic infrastructure systems in the capital have been expanded extensively in recent times.
Better nursing care in Laos was the focus of a meeting in Vientiane as 150 health officials reviewed and discussed the newly-revised “Guidelines for the Scope of Nursing Practice”.
Asia continues its rise as a centre of technological progress, dynamism and influence,” the UN chief the 11th East Asia Summit, which opened in Vientiane, the capital of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), today.
Experts from 19 French-speaking countries met in Vientiane to discuss ways to preserve heritage sites in urban areas amid growing development and modernisation.