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COMMUNICATION
Phone and Fax Services
International Direct Dial is widely available and travelers can send and receive faxes from all post offices and many private businesses. You can also purchase a local SIM card for your mobile phone.
Internet
Internet cafes are located in the major towns and are becoming increasingly common in places frequented by backpackers. High-speed connection is only available in places such as Vientiane and Luang Prabang.
Post
There are post offices in all provincial capitals, from which to send letters and parcels to your home country. Vientiane’s main post office beside the Morning Market offers a post restante service, and both DHL and FedEx have offices in the capital.
Business
Hours Government offices are open Monday through Friday from 8:30-12:00 and from 1pm to about 4:30. Private businesses are generally open later, especially restaurants and entertainment venues. Except for restaurants, most businesses are closed on Sunday.
Media
The Lao media is basically a tool of the government, which owns all of the country's newspapers and broadcast media. Newspapers are not widely read.
Press
• English-language newspapers include the Vientiane Times.
• Le Rénovateur is a French-language newspaper.
• The Lao-language daily is the Vientiane Mai.
• All are state run.
TV
Lao National TV (TVNL) and Laos Television 3, a joint venture with a Thai company, are the main TV channels
Radio
• Lao National Radio is the national radio station.
International Direct Dial is widely available and travelers can send and receive faxes from all post offices and many private businesses. You can also purchase a local SIM card for your mobile phone.
Internet cafes are located in the major towns and are becoming increasingly common in places frequented by backpackers. High-speed connection is only available in places such as Vientiane and Luang Prabang.
There are post offices in all provincial capitals, from which to send letters and parcels to your home country. Vientiane’s main post office beside the Morning Market offers a post restante service, and both DHL and FedEx have offices in the capital.
Hours Government offices are open Monday through Friday from 8:30-12:00 and from 1pm to about 4:30. Private businesses are generally open later, especially restaurants and entertainment venues. Except for restaurants, most businesses are closed on Sunday.
The Lao media is basically a tool of the government, which owns all of the country's newspapers and broadcast media. Newspapers are not widely read.
• English-language newspapers include the Vientiane Times.
• Le Rénovateur is a French-language newspaper.
• The Lao-language daily is the Vientiane Mai.
• All are state run.
Lao National TV (TVNL) and Laos Television 3, a joint venture with a Thai company, are the main TV channels
• Lao National Radio is the national radio station.
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