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Country Embassies in Laos Laotian Embassies Abroad
Australia Embassy: Nehru St., Vientiane, Tel 413610, 413805, 413602 Embassy: 1 Dalman Crecent, O'Malley, Canberra, Australia, Tel (06) 2864535, (06) 2866933, Fax (06) 2901910
Bulgaria Embassy: Sisangvonh area, Vientiane, Tel 412110
Cambodia Embassy: Thanon Saphan Thong Neua, Vientiane, Tel 314952, Tel 312584
A visa costs USD 20 and usually requires three days. You can try to talk them into issuing the visa on the spot, though.
Embassy: 15-17 Thanon Keomani, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Tel (23) 26441, Fax (23) 85523
Both, tourist and transit visa cost USD 20. You can get one that is valid for 30 days within two days for USD 50. Other price reports are USD 35, so check for the latest prices.
China Embassy: Wat Nak St., Vientiane, Tel 315100, 315101, 315103 Embassy: 11 Sanlitun Dongsijie, Beijing 100600, China, Tel 6532-1224

Consulate: N23 Halgeng Rd., Room 501, Bumming, China, Tel 4141678 Ext 501-503, Fax 414396
Cuba Embassy: Ban Saphanthong Nua, Vientiane, Tel 314902 Embassy: Sta. Avenida No. 2808 ESQ, A30 Playa, Miramar, Havana, Cuba, Tel 331056-59
Czech Republic Embassy: The Deua Rd, Km 4, Vientiane, Tel 315291, 215899
France Embassy: Sethathirath St., Vientiane, Tel 215258, 215259, Fax 215255 Embassy: 74, Av. Raymond Poincare, Paris, France, Tel 45537047, 45547047, Fax 47275789
Germany Embassy: 26 Thanon Sok Pa Luang, Vientiane, Tel 312110, 312111 Embassy: Am Lessig 6, 53639 Koenigswinter, Germany, Tel 02223 21501
India Embassy: Thadeu Road, Vientiane, Tel 352-301 Embassy: E53 Panchsheel Park, New Delhi, India, Tel 6427447, 6428588
Indonesia Embassy: Phon Kheng Road, PO Box 277, Vientiane, Tel 413907, 413909, 413910, 413914 Embassy: Jal. Kintmani Rajac - 15 N. 33 Keningantimur, Jakarta, Indonesia, Tel 5202673
Japan Embassy: Sisangvone Road, Vientiane, Tel 212623, 414400-2, 414406, Fax 414403 Embassy: 3-3-22 Nishi-Azabu Minato-Ku, Tokyo, Japan, Tel (03) 541-12291-2, Fax (03) 541-12293
Malaysia Embassy: That Luang Road, Vientiane, Tel 414205 Embassy: No. 3, Lorong Damai 11, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tel 2483895, 2420344
Mongolia Embassy: Tha Deua Road Km 2, Vientiane, Tel 315220 Embassy: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, Tel 26440, 29899, 29898
Myanmar Embassy: Sokphaluand Road, Vientiane, Tel 312439, 314910

Embassy: Sokphaluand Road, P.O.Box No. (1 1), Vientiane, Tel 312439, 314910
Embassy: NA1 Diplomatic Quarters, Fraser Road, Yangon, Myanmar
A tourist visa costs USD 25. You'll get it within one day.
North Korea Embassy: Wat Nak Road, Sisattanak, Vientiane, Tel 315260, 351261
Palestine Embassy: The Deua Road, Km 2.5, Vientiane, Tel 315252  
Philippines   Embassy: 34 Lapu-Lapu Street, Magallaness Village, Manila, Philippines
Poland Embassy: The Deua Road, Km 3, Vientiane, Tel 313940, 312085 Embassy: UL: Rejtana 15/26, 02-516 Warsaw, Poland, Tel 484786, 488949
Russian Federation Embassy: Thaphalanxay area, Vientiane, Tel 312219, 212222 Embassy: Katchalova 18, Moscow 121069 UL, Russian Federation, Tel 2031454, 2904246, Fax 2917218
Singapore   Embassy: 179-B Goldhill Centre, Thomson Road, Singapore, Singapore
Slowak Republic Embassy: Tha Deua Rd, Km 4, Vientiane, Tel 315291, 215899
Sweden Embassy: Wat Nak, Vientiane, Tel 313772, 315000, 315018 Embassy: Hornsgatan 82-B 1tr, 117 21 Stockholm, Sweden, Tel (0)8 618 20 10
Thailand Embassy: Thanon Phon Kheng, Vientiane, Tel 214582, 214583, 214585 Embassy: 520, 502/1-3 Soi Ramkhamhaeng 39, Bangkapi, Bangkok, Thailand, Tel 5396667, Fax 5396678
http://www.bkklaoembassy.com/
In Bangkok, a tourist visa costs about USD 80 to 112. A transit visa costs between THB 480 and 800. Shop around.

There are several travel agencies in Nong Khai (about 20) and Chiang Khong (some 5) issuing tourist visas for Laos. They cost THB 1700 and are done in a few days (if you are lucky, you'll even get it in one day).
In Nong Khai, you'll get the visa in one or two days, but then it costs THB 2500. The transit visas cost less, about THB 1000 in Nhong Khai.

Consulate: Potisan Road (past Wat Pho Nontan), Khon Kaen, Thailand
To get to the conulate of Khon Kaen, take the number 45017 blue coloured songthaew from the regular bus terminal. The consulate issues 30 days tourist visa within 2 days and costs THB 1500.
It takes about 2 - 3 days to get the visa (2 - 3 hours for THB 300 overtime)
USA Embassy: Thanon Bartholomie, Vientiane, Tel 212580-2, 312609, Fax 212584 Embassy: 2222 S St. N.W., Washington, DC 20008, USA, Tel. (202) 332-6416 (9 am to 12 noon), Fax (202) 332-4923
You will need three copies of your application with three passport photos, a copy of your itinerary ands a money order for USD 35, plus USD 15 service charge.

Canadian citizens can also use this embassy, but pay USD 42.
For more details see
http://www.laoembassy.com/

Permanent Mission: 317 East 51 Street, New York, USA
Vietnam Consulate: 31 Ban Pha Bat, Pakse, Tel (31) 212058, 212827, Fax (31) 212827

Consulate: 418 Sisavanvong Road, Khanthebouli District, Savannakhet, Tel (41) 212239, 212182, 212418, Fax (41) 212182

Embassy: 1 Thanon That Luang Rd, Vientiane, Tel (21) 413400/1/2/3, 413409
There are in fact two buidings belonging to the embassy. The first on 1 Thanon That Luang does not issue visas. Walk in the direction of That Luang. The visa is a two or three buildings further on.
Embassy: 22 Tran Binh Trong St., Hanoi, Vietnam, Tel 8254576, Fax 8228414
A transit visa is USD 25, and a tourist visa USD 110. The transit visa can be obtained directly from the embassy, but you'll have to go to a travel agency (e.g. Hanoi Youth Tourism Company at 14A Phan Chu Trinh Str.) to get the tourist visa.
The tourist visa takes 6 working days.

Consulate: 81 Hai Ba Trung, Dist 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

 

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