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Telephone Dialing at a Glance
• To place a call from your home country to Laos: Dial the international access
code (011 in the U.S. and Canada, 0011 in Australia, 0170 in New Zealand,
00 in the U.K.), plus Laos’s country code (856), the city or local area code
(21 for Vientiane, 71 for Luang Prabang), and the phone number (for
example, 011 856 21 000-000). Important note: Omit the initial “0” in all
Laos phone numbers when calling from abroad.
• To place a call within Laos: Dial the city or area code preceded by a 0 (the
way numbers are listed in this book), and then the local number (for
example, 021 000-000).
• To place a direct international call from Laos: Dial the international access
code (00), plus the country code, the area or city code, and the number
(for example, to call the U.S., you’d dial 00 1 000/000-0000).
• International country codes are as follows: Australia, 61; Cambodia, 855;
Canada, 1; Hong Kong, 852; Indonesia, 62; Malaysia, 60; Myanmar, 95; New
Zealand, 64; the Philippines, 63; Singapore, 65; Thailand, 66; U.K., 44; U.S., 1;
Vietnam, 84.
to transfer information to your own
machine. Wi-Fi is becoming more and
more common in Vientiane and Luang
Prabang, where many hotels and restau-
rants are hooked up. You can also use a
Thai DTAC SIM card to connect to the
Net in Vientiane and Savannakhet through
GPRS.
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STAYING CONNECTED