There are just a lot of vehicles with Laos license plates in the roads of Yunnan Province, China. Mostly in Xishuangbanna(西雙版納) neighbouring to Laos.
In Kunming there are still some Laotian plates but a bit fewer. Here is 600 km far away from the border. Just like Laotian plates in Ho Chi Minh City in some ways…
Juterman oneverybigfrog Nice spot! Interesting to see a Laotian car in China! It would be weird to see it for example, in Heihe or nearby.
Heihe? You must be joking — traveling from Yunnan Province to Heilongjiang Province means crossing thousands of kilometers. Conversely, I’ve never seen a Russian license plate in Yunnan either. In fact, vehicles with Lao license plates that are permitted to drive outside Yunnan Province are extremely rare.