# All 33 Laos Border Checkpoints > Every checkpoint on the Lao immigration register, not just the ones with a tourist bus: 18 covered in depth here, plus 15 minor, reference-only posts. **Source:** https://laosbustickets.com/laos-border-checkpoints/ **Language:** en **Last verified:** 5 September 2026 **Written by:** Laos Bus Tickets, Vientiane, Laos **Other languages:** [Français](https://laosbustickets.com/fr/laos-border-checkpoints.md) · [Deutsch](https://laosbustickets.com/de/laos-border-checkpoints.md) · [Español](https://laosbustickets.com/es/laos-border-checkpoints.md) · [한국어](https://laosbustickets.com/ko/laos-border-checkpoints.md) · [Русский](https://laosbustickets.com/ru/laos-border-checkpoints.md) · [日本語](https://laosbustickets.com/ja/laos-border-checkpoints.md) --- ## Quick answer The Lao Department of Immigration's own checkpoint register lists 33 named checkpoints as of 5 September 2026: four international airports (Vientiane, Luang Prabang, Savannakhet, Pakse), and 29 land or rail crossings. This site covers 18 of them in operational depth, the ones with real bus, train or flight traffic, on the four border-crossing pages and the train page. Of the remaining 15, the four airports and Khamsavath railway station also carry real scheduled traffic and are covered on the flights and Vientiane pages; the other ten are minor land checkpoints carrying little or no scheduled passenger transport, listed here for completeness and to capture the exact official names, since several are named quite differently from how travellers refer to the area. ## Common questions ### Why does this site say 33 checkpoints when other sources say a different number? 33 is a direct count of every entry on the Lao Department of Immigration's own full checkpoint listing, checked on 5 September 2026. The register's own summary page separately states "31" in its introductory text, while its own per-country breakdown (Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, China, airports) sums to 33. That is a discrepancy on the register's own site, not one we have resolved by picking a number; we publish the one we could count directly. ### Which of these 33 can I actually use? The 18 covered in depth on this site's border and train pages carry real, bookable passenger transport: the five Thai–Lao Friendship Bridges, Vang Tao, the nine Laos–Vietnam checkpoints, Nongnokkhene into Cambodia, and Boten plus the Lao–China Railway checkpoint. Of the other 15, the four airports and Khamsavath station also carry real scheduled traffic, by air and by rail; the remaining ten land checkpoints are not currently useful for a traveller without their own vehicle. ### Are the visa on arrival and eVisa columns here official or from experience? Official, straight from the register, unless a note says otherwise. Where this site's border pages have found a gap between the official listing and what travellers actually experience, that is disclosed on the relevant border page, not repeated here row by row. ## Sources - [Lao Department of Immigration](https://immigration.gov.la): checkpoint list, opening hours and visa status --- _Written and maintained from Vientiane. The people behind this site have lived in Laos for two decades and cross these borders themselves. Routes and visa rules get rechecked whenever something changes, not on a fixed schedule that lets stale information sit for months._