Vientiane
City
Capital of Laos on the Mekong; capital of the French protectorate.
Held by
- 1789 – October 1, 1893 Thailand
- 1906 – March 9, 1945 French Indochina
- December 8, 1941 – September 2, 1945 Japan Military occupation
- since October 22, 1953 Laos
Capital of
- since 1949 Laos
Events here 1
- May 23, 1959 – December 2, 1975 Laotian Civil War