Luang Namtha Province

About Luang Namtha province!

Luang Namtha province is located in the northwestern of Laos and has a total area of approximately 9,325 square kilometers. The total population is about 145,000 people and Namtha is its capital city.

The province has five following districts:

Luang Namtha Map

1. Namtha District
2. Muang Sing District
3. Muang Long District
4. Viengphoukha District
5. Nalae District

Luang Namtha has a border with China in the north and Boten is the border's town, Burma in the northwest, Bokeo province in the southwest and Oudomxay province in the southeast. This is a province that has more than twenty ethic groups that live peacefully alongside each others, and has a Nam Ha protecting area covering area of nearly 30% of the entire province.

Recently the government had decided to build a railway link from Boten to Vientiane which will be completed by 2015. If the project is finished traveling from here to Vientiane will be faster and easier.

Luang Namtha is the best place for visitors who like challenging with nature. There are mountains to climb and forest to explore. Trekking in Namtha Province is not only challenging experience is also a generous contribution to help communities with jobs and promote the ecotourism in this area at the time. Namha ecotourist project in co-operation with Lao National Tourism Administration (LNTA) have been working together to protect this area for sometimes.

Near Namtha city there are villages that produce and weave silk, if you like to support local people and like silk material this is the place to visit. Below is the picture of local houses in the Luang Namtha province.

Luang NamTha Village

Tourist Information

Luang Namtha Provincial Tourist Office
Open hours:
Morning 8am-Noon
After-noon: 2-5pm

Banks

BCEL
Open hours:
8.30am-3.30pm (Mon-Fri)
Foreign exchange for US travellers cheques and Us dollars.
Thai baths and Chinese Yuan. Cash advances on credit cards.
Lao Development Bank
Open hours:
Morning 8.30am-Noon
After-noon 2-3.30pm (Mon-Fri)
Exchange Us dollars, Us travellrs cheques, Thai Bath and Chinese Yuan.

Telecommunication

Post Office
Open hours:
Morning 8am-Noon
After-noon 1-4pm (Mon-Fri)
Tel: 312007
Lao Telecom Long distance phone services available.
KNT Internet
Open hours:
8am-10pm
Tel: 486086
Services US$1.80 per hour, fast and reliable.

Sight-seeing

Luang Namtha Museum
Open hours:
Morning 8.30am-11.30am
After-noon 1.30-3.30pm (Mon-Fri)
Admission fee US$0.50
Inside you can find a collection of local anthropological arts facts, such as ethnic clothing, ethnic bronze drums, ceramics and Bhuddha images.

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