Introducing Mukdahan
On the banks of the Mekong, directly opposite the Lao city of Savannakhet, Mukdahan is one of the region’s prettier towns. Known for its riverfront Talat Indojin (Indochina Market), which stretches under as well as along the riverfront park, Mukdahan is mainly a trade centre and on weekends, when the market really kicks off, you’ll wonder how the locals manage to find time to do anything but trawl the Chinese, Vietnamese, Thai and Lao stalls.
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The December 2006 opening of the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge 2 formalised Mukdahan’s status as a trade hub, but the city has not gone bridge crazy like Nong Khai did when that Mekong span was planned, and Savannakhet has reaped most of the economic reward.
Last updated: Feb 17, 2009
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