This explains the options for overland travel to, from & around Laos. You can now travel between Bangkok & Vientiane by train, as a new rail link opened in March 2009 across the Friendship Bridge from Nong Kai in Thailand to a new international rail terminal at Thanaleng, about 13km short of central Vientiane. The first railway in Laos! You can travel between Vientiane & the amazing city of Luang Prabang either by bus or river boat, and buses link Vientiane with Vietnam. Feedback from travellers to help add to this page would be much appreciated.