Arch is located North of Vientiane. Completed in 2512, the monument to commemorate. The Lao People's Who sacrificed their lives in the war before the Communist takeover of the NIT. This goal is called. Vertical Runway The goal of the construction is cement, the United States purchased to create a new airport. Vientiane during the Indochina War. But not because America lost the Vietnam build first. Thus leading them to create goals instead of mortar. According to the Arch in Paris, France, but the architectural features. It's still a characteristic of Lao Vang Vieng in Laos and Guilin.