Vientiane - Post Report Question and Answers

How do you send and receive your letters and package mail? Are local postal facilities adequate?

DPO and pouch. DHL and Federal Express are available but very expensive. Don't recommend local Lao postal system as it is unreliable; USPS does not deliver to Laos. - Mar 2024


Diplomatic Pouch; DHL is reliable, too. - Mar 2023


DPO. I never used local facilities. - Jun 2020


We use the diplomatic post system. - Oct 2018


We had an APO and the pouch when we were there. We did not have a PO that we could buy stamps from, so be sure to have a USPS.com account. You can buy and print stamps from home and bring in the packages to mail. Mail took about 3 -4 weeks to arrive at post. - Jan 2014


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