We were a bit anxious because it had already been several days since the rumour, spread by the backpackers and tourism professionals of Van Vieng (restaurants, guest houses, boutiques of trips) that it is impossible for the tourists to go to the capital of the Laos, Vientiane, because of a summit of ASEAN from 20 till 30 July. Some memories of high school subjects came back to me. ASEAN, it is the Association of the Nations of the South is Asiatic, main objectives of which consist in speeding up economic growth, social progress and development culture, as well as in instituting and in supporting peace in this region of the world. Certainly, it was a big political and economic machine. This information was rather annoying, especially since we had a plane to be taken in Vientiane.
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