At my place all the food stores, shopping malls, all the government services and all business take only USD.
No other currency, nor Kip or Bath will be used as I know. So Laos should and has to use only Kip in order to operate daily business.
Laos is sovereign country, has own monetary currency. Anyone comes to visit or do a business in Laos has respect the independence
of this country as in any country on earth. The foreign currency will be used only in the bank or licensing currency exchange offices.
So deal with this rule. It's the white ppl's rules, but all accepted.
my2cent
Spending money in Laos in Kips that is correct no problems .When the tourists go to Laos , they must do that , we agree with you 100% .Now Lao people want to go to Thailand and other countries to buy goods, they could not exchange Kip to Bath and dollars that is the problem.