No direct flights reach Laos from the West, so most travellers arrive via Vietnam. Skip the border-day SIM hunt: one regional eSIM covers Vietnam and Laos on a single plan.
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Most failures come down to carrier lock, not the phone model — check yours first, it takes 5 seconds:
Most flagship phones from 2019 onward support eSIM — iPhone XS and newer, Google Pixel 3 and newer, recent Samsung Galaxy S/Note/Z models.
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Vietnam · Laos +
6GB high-speed + unlimited 128kbps
Turn on data roaming in your phone settings when you arrive.
This plan is built for the classic Hanoi → Luang Prabang journey. Your phone connects to a local partner network on each side of the border, so you step off the bus or plane in Laos already online — maps, messages and ride-hailing all working. It also covers 30+ other Asian countries if your trip keeps going. (Heading deep into Thailand or Cambodia too? Check those legs separately — this plan is optimised for the Vietnam–Laos corridor.)
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