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KPP Handicraft Promotion Enterprise of Sekong Province

Address: cnr Th Setthathirath & Th Chao Anou, city centre

Phone tel: (021) 241421 (info)

Email pholsana@laotel.com

Keyword: speciality

This modest-looking place sells fair-trade textiles from the Bolaven Plateau province of Sekong.

Mixay Boutique
 

Address: Th Nokeo Khumman, city centre

Phone tel: (021) 216592 (info)

Keyword: clothing, speciality, homewares

One of the other stores on Th Nokeo Khumman worth a look is the upmarket Mixay Boutique, which stocks silk clothes and weavings from Xieng Khuang Province, plus some bed and cushion covers in striking Hmong-inspired designs.

Monument Books
Address: 124 Th Nokeo Khumman, city centre

Phone tel: (021) 243708 (info)

Keyword: books

Big range of books on Asia, plus maps, magazines and postcards.

Nikone Handicrafts

Address: off Th Thong Khan Kham, Muang Chantabuli

Phone tel: (021) 212191 (info)

Email nikone@hotmail.com

Keyword: art/craft, speciality

Located out near the National Circus, this is another good place to see weaving and dyeing in action

Phaeng Mai Gallery
Address: 117 Th Nong Buathong, Muang Chantabuli

Phone tel: (021) 217341 (info)

Keyword art/craft, speciality

To see Lao weaving in action, seek out the weaving district of Ban Nong Buathong, northeast of the town centre in Muang Chanthabuli. About 20 families (many originally from Sam Neua in Hua Phan Province) live and work here, including a couple of households that sell textiles directly to the public; the Phaeng Mai Gallery, in a white, two-storey house is among the best. It's out past the National Circus - most tuk-tuk drivers know it and will charge around US$2 one way.

Phimphone Market
Address 94/6 Th Setthathirat, city centre Keyword department store The mother of all Phimphones, this store near Nam Phu has a wide selection of imported goods, including canned and frozen foods, magazines, personal hygiene and women's products such as tampons. There's more wine upstairs.

 

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