Where in the world

**good2bhappy** · 28-03-2009, 11:42 AM

commie headquarters?

**good2bhappy** · 28-03-2009, 11:49 AM

MRC Building

**beano** · 28-03-2009, 11:54 AM

No, not anything to do with the Mekong River Commission

**good2bhappy** · 28-03-2009, 11:58 AM

similar architecture!

**good2bhappy** · 28-03-2009, 11:59 AM

religous building?

**good2bhappy** · 28-03-2009, 12:02 PM

looks like a residential area?

**beano** · 28-03-2009, 12:07 PM

No....

**mediamanbkk** · 28-03-2009, 12:12 PM

Is it some form of school

**beano** · 28-03-2009, 12:22 PM

No, I've been doing a search on it, and there's no mention of the purpose of the building. I lived within a mile of it for a year and my Lao friends were all very vague about what it was built for and I suspect they didn't know.
But it does have a name. (In English).

**beano** · 28-03-2009, 12:25 PM

I suppose if it was in the UK they'd call it a folly.

**natalie8** · 28-03-2009, 12:39 PM

Is it a monestary or called one?

**beano** · 28-03-2009, 12:50 PM

No, not a monastery or called one. It was built by the Chinese government as a gift to the Lao people.

**Mr Brown** · 28-03-2009, 12:56 PM

loas national cultural hall

**beano** · 28-03-2009, 01:01 PM

Yes!!!
Lonely Planet review

Opposite the Lao National Museum, and dwarfing it, is the monumentally proportioned Lao National Culture Hall. The outsized and ugly hall was built by the Chinese government in the late 1990s as a 'gift to the people of Laos'. It hosts occasional cultural events as varied as French cinema, Lao classical dance and even beauty pageants, but with no publicly available schedule of events you'll need to keep a close eye on the Vientiane Times for an announcement.

**natalie8** · 28-03-2009, 01:03 PM

Good one GB and beano.

**Mr Brown** · 28-03-2009, 01:03 PM

Originally Posted by beano

Lao friends were all very vague about what it was built for and I suspect they didn't know

mmh secret police HQ

**Mr Brown** · 28-03-2009, 01:04 PM

Originally Posted by natalie8

Good one GB and beano.

Straight in there

**Mr Brown** · 28-03-2009, 01:15 PM

OK where in the world?

**beano** · 28-03-2009, 01:16 PM

Khyber Pass?

**Mr Brown** · 28-03-2009, 01:19 PM

No sorry

**Cap cha cha** · 28-03-2009, 01:20 PM

Margate?

**Mr Brown** · 28-03-2009, 01:23 PM

errrr. no

**Happyman** · 28-03-2009, 01:25 PM

Canada?

**Mr Brown** · 28-03-2009, 01:27 PM

no not canada

**good2bhappy** · 28-03-2009, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by beano

Lao National Culture Hall.

you sure about that
I thought it had a green roof

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