The Champasak cultural landscape, including the Vat Phou Temple complex, is a remarkably well-preserved planned landscape more than 1,000 years old. It was shaped to express the Hindu vision of the ...

Now little more than a ruin, the location, recognised by Unesco in 2001 as the Champasak Cultural Landscape, is one of Asia’s most important religious sites. Wat Phou is a one-hour drive ...

The National Inter-Ministerial Co-ordination Committee for the Safeguarding of Vat Phou and the Champasak Cultural Landscape, which was created for the preparation of the site Management Plan prior to ...