The Bangkokization of Vientiane Begins

True Coffee just opened a giant store on Setthathirath Road. They must be forgetting they’re not in Times Square because the shear enormity of their signs overpower everything for several blocks. As far as I know, this is the first foreign chain allowed to open a branch in Laos. The Vientiane Times has an ad looking for managers for a new Pizza Company store. God help us all.