Name: Wat (Vat) Kang
Location: Vang Vieng, Vientiane Province, Laos
Date built: 1938
Description: Buddhist temple
Date visited: 11th March 2014

Vat Kang is located on the first road off the highway at the north end of town not far from the night market. It is unremarkable except for construction materials used which utilise river stone that continues to be in use for foundations of houses. Otherwise, it consists of the usual viharn housing the Buddha image, a prayer hall and monks' quarters in Theravada Buddhist style.
The exact date Wat Kang was founded is unknown. The main temple building, the ordination hall, was constructed in 1938. There are no records of what was there before that. Prior to the boom in tourism and the airfield at Vang Vieng during the ‘Secret War’ in Laos, the town was very small and the local inhabitants reliant on small scale farming so the likelihood is that any temples here would have been very basic.

Source website: https://www.laoslife.info/wat-kang-vang-vieng/