Vientiane - Post Report Question and Answers
Are there problems with ethnic, race/racial minorities or religious prejudices? Gender equality?
Certainly there are gender inequality issues, but people tend to mind their own business. - Dec 2024
There is definitely a gender inequality here. - Mar 2024
There are not many black people here; you will get stared at and touched by locals and your photo will be taken even if you don't want to. There is also still a believe that the lighter skin you have the more beautiful you are. You will see locals wearing sweaters, beanies, face mask and using umbrellas during the day to prevent from getting darker as they associate this with being "ugly". - Mar 2023
There are problems with ethnic and religious prejudices but I don't think it would affect expats very much. - Jun 2020
Not really. - Oct 2018
Nothing really that I witnessed. - Jan 2014
