Dansavanh Nam Ngum Resort Golf and Casino

A joint venture between the Lao military and a private Malaysian company, the DanSaVanh Nam Ngum Resort is located on the southwestern shore of the lake. Besides a swimming pool, eighteen-hole golf course, spa and Thai– Chinese restaurant, it also has post-communist Laos's first casino, mainly aimed at gamblers from Thailand – and the Thai baht is the currency of the tables (kip aren't even accepted). The 24-hour gaming centre includes tables for blackjack, baccarat and tai-sai (the Chinese three-dice game), roulette and Australian slot machines. This self-styled "mega eco-tourism resort" also offers (and this is where the "eco-resort" tag really starts to stretch thin) speedboat rides, mountain-biking, disco and, of course, karaoke. After all that activity, the hotel website suggests that the "cheerful massage girls can pamper your tired body".
While you can get to the resort by chartered boat from Na Nam, it's more practical to come directly from Vientiane by road. There are free casino shuttle-buses from both the Friendship Bridge and major hotels in the capital.
Services and Facilities:
- Shuttle Van Services
- Restaurant
- Massage center
- Disco
- Tea shop
- Satellite TV channels
- Internet
- Conference Halls
- Banquet Hall
- Laundry
- Airport transfer
- CCTV/24 hours security
Golf Facilities:  
- Caddies available
- Holes: 18-hole picturesque course
- Yardage: 6,503 m
- Par: 72
- Visitors Corporate Competitions can be arranged.
- Green Fees
- Golf packages available.
- Course Designer 1998