I know one expat (Denly) who started a school in Vientiane in the late 90's, but I suspect things might be quite different now.
While I haven't honestly given it much thought, I wouldn't mind starting a small, provincial, English language school, or two, in South Laos, maybe Attepeau, Paxse, Sekong, or Savanakhet. I assume dealing with the national government would be extremely tedious, but perhaps opening in the provinces might not be so involved? Soft opening first in partnership with any department project seeking training, and once a class was underway, ask the Education Department if they had some staff who might like to join.
Anyone a near expert on Laos NGO law, particularly if National registration is the strictly enforced first step? Anyone have ANYTHING to add?
(Naturally, K440 is the best first step in answering such a question.)
Starting a School in Laos
My idea would be to get your wife to set it up and make the investments. Then steal it. Ask Steve, he did that and has Laos connections also to facilitate
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For local kids?
Think about how much you can reasonably charge>
Wife works at a new preschool here in Kep> 1/2 day $60 and many parents say its to much.
Took over 8 months to get permission, no local government official would help an had to do all the paperwork thru PP and they are officially a "day care center" not a school
would imagine the same headaches in Laos
Think about how much you can reasonably charge>
Wife works at a new preschool here in Kep> 1/2 day $60 and many parents say its to much.
Took over 8 months to get permission, no local government official would help an had to do all the paperwork thru PP and they are officially a "day care center" not a school
would imagine the same headaches in Laos
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thats/month
"We are turning into a nation of whimpering slaves to Fear—fear of war, fear of poverty, fear of random terrorism, or suddenly getting locked up in a military detention camp on vague charges of being a Terrorist sympathizer." HST
Well wtf are they complaining about!
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Phuket Richard nailed it. Laos is fucked economically and there is not a lot of money floating around in small towns. On top of that they have a communist government which goes along with tons of bureaucracy and red tape.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
I just like South Laos along the Vietnam border. I wouldn't expect a school in Attapeau, say, to be a money spinner, just hope for it to do a bit over break even within a year or two. I'd do it because good schools are good things, even if just 3-6 classes for English language, and it would give me a reason to spend some time there. Certainly it sounds debt ridden right now!
Central government communist red tape may well be what kills it eventually, but once some in provincial level Government saw it was worth nightly for, they would help me delay that day, maybe 10 years (or 5?), and who knows what the situation might be by then. I'd start with adults/young adults, and move towards high school age, perhaps 2nd, 3rd term.
I haven't been to 4000 Islands for 15 years. In the last few years before Covid, were many Chinese getting down there?
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"My idea would be to get your wife to set it up and make the investments. Then steal it. Ask Steve, he did that and has Laos connections also to facilitate". Thanks for that, maybe I can get in touch with the Steve you mention when I'm there.
Central government communist red tape may well be what kills it eventually, but once some in provincial level Government saw it was worth nightly for, they would help me delay that day, maybe 10 years (or 5?), and who knows what the situation might be by then. I'd start with adults/young adults, and move towards high school age, perhaps 2nd, 3rd term.
I haven't been to 4000 Islands for 15 years. In the last few years before Covid, were many Chinese getting down there?
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"My idea would be to get your wife to set it up and make the investments. Then steal it. Ask Steve, he did that and has Laos connections also to facilitate". Thanks for that, maybe I can get in touch with the Steve you mention when I'm there.
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