Which region should I choose for players in Thakhek?

Singapore for the lowest ping. If your friends are spread across continents, pick the region in the middle of the group; Bengaluru is the next closest to Thakhek at an estimated 50 ms.

Is the free server available from Laos?

Yes. The free tier is available worldwide and runs on the United States and Spain nodes, subject to capacity. It has 3.5 GB RAM, sleeps after 15 idle minutes and wakes when a player joins. No card is needed.

Can I pay in Laotian Kip?

Plans are charged in US dollars. Any Visa, Mastercard or American Express card from Laos works, and your bank converts at its own rate. The Laotian Kip prices on this page are estimates to help you compare.

Can my friends on phones and consoles join from Thakhek?

Yes. Create a Bedrock server, or run a Java server with Geyser so both editions join the same world. Bedrock uses UDP port 19132, which the panel assigns for you.

Does Enzonic have a data centre in Thakhek?

No. Enzonic runs its own hardware in the United States and Spain and rents capacity in London, Frankfurt, Bengaluru and Singapore. This page is here to tell you honestly which of those is closest to Thakhek and what to expect.

Server locations

Minecraft server hosting in Thakhek

Thakhek (Khammouane Province, Laos) is about 1,789 km from Enzonic's Singapore region in Singapore. Over a normal home connection that is an estimated 35 ms, low enough for smooth Java and Bedrock play. Here is what hosting from Thakhek looks like.

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Nearest region and estimated ping

Great-circle distance from Thakhek to each Enzonic region, with a ping estimate. Real latency depends on your ISP's route; test it from the panel before you pick.

Region	Distance	Estimated ping	Runs
SingaporeSingaporeNearest	1,789 km	~35 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans
BengaluruBengaluru, India	2,961 km	~50 ms	Paid plans
FrankfurtFrankfurt, Germany	8,958 km	~145 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans
LondonLondon, United Kingdom	9,492 km	~155 ms	Free bots and apps · Paid plans
SpainCanary Islands, Spain	11,927 km	~190 ms	Free Minecraft · Paid plans
US EastKentucky, United States	13,728 km	~220 ms	Free Minecraft · Free bots and apps · Paid plans

Estimates assume fibre at about 200,000 km/s with routes 1.5 times the straight line, plus a few milliseconds for the last mile. Under 60 ms feels instant in Minecraft; under 120 ms is still comfortable.

Free Minecraft servers run in the United States and Spain. From Thakhek the closer of the two is Spain, an estimated 190 ms.

Local details for Thakhek

Language: The panel and this site are available in ລາວ; support answers in English and Spanish.
Currency: Plans are priced and charged in US dollars; your bank converts to Laotian Kip at its own rate.
Local time: Thakhek is on Asia/Vientiane (UTC+07). Scheduled restarts and backups in the panel use your own time zone.
Payment methods: Visa, Mastercard and American Express from any country, plus Apple Pay and Google Pay in browsers that support them. Checkout runs on Stripe, which shows any extra local methods it supports in Laos. You can also pay with a gift card, and the free tier needs no card at all.
Population: About 91,000 people live in Thakhek (GeoNames). Nearby cities with their own pages are listed below.

Plans with prices in Laotian Kip

Live US dollar prices from the panel, with an approximate Laotian Kip figure next to each one. The first month is cheaper while a sale runs.

Plan	RAM	Per month (USD)
Free tier3.5 GB RAM, wakes when a player joins, no card.	3.5 GB	$0.00
Dirt	512 MB	$0.99$0.69 first month
Wood	4 GB	$3.79$2.65 first month
Stone	6 GB	$5.49$3.84 first month
Iron	8 GB	$6.99$4.89 first month
Gold	10 GB	$8.99$6.29 first month
Diamond	12 GB	$10.69$7.48 first month
Obsidian	16 GB	$13.99$9.79 first month
Obsidian Pro	16 GB	$16.99$11.89 first month

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Java or Bedrock from Thakhek?

Both editions run on the same regions. Java Edition is the PC version with mods, plugins and most public servers. Bedrock Edition is what phones, consoles and Windows 10/11 play; its servers use UDP port 19132. Not sure who is joining? Start a Java server and add Geyser so Bedrock players can join it too.

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Nearby cities

Other cities with their own page, nearest first.

Savannakhet94 km away
Vinh, Vietnam167 km away
Vientiane244 km away
Thanh Hoa, Vietnam283 km away
Hue, Vietnam312 km away
Nam GJinh, Vietnam365 km away
Da Nang, Vietnam391 km away
Hanoi, Vietnam416 km away

Other servers from Laos

Nearby countries

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Questions from Thakhek

Our estimate is about 35 ms to the Singapore region, based on the 1,789 km distance. Your ISP's route can add or remove 10 to 20 ms. The panel's region picker runs a live latency test from your browser, so check it before you create the server.

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Distances use great-circle maths from city coordinates and Enzonic's published region locations. City names, coordinates, populations and time zones come from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Exchange rates: European Central Bank via frankfurter.dev, 2026-11-10. No reviews or customer counts are shown on this page because we do not publish per-city figures.

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