More than hundred local restaurants and drinking offer local food, Lao, Chinese, Thai and Western style food, choose one of the restaurants located along the main road. Excellent Lao coffee and baguettes are also available throughout the day. Some famous local food and beverages are Kao Soi (Soft rice noodle soup), bitter bamboo shoot soup and rattan dipping sauce from Luang Namtha’s fresh market, Lao Hai (rice wine in a jar) and the ubiquitous Lao Lao.
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COVID-19 UPDATES: For up-to-date official immigration information on travelling to and from Laos, please see https://immigration.gov.la/notice/ and our Laos Travel COVID-19 page.
Getting into Laos is getting easier and travellers from many countries can get 30-day tourist visas.
BCEL is open from 8:30-16:00, exchanges US dollars, Euros, Thai Bath, traveler cheques; gives cash advances on credit cards, ATM; Lao Development Bank, exchanges US dollars, Euros, traveler cheques. The Agriculture Bank exchanges US dollars.
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