Mong La is principal town of Mong La Township

Mong La Township

Mong La Township is a township of Kengtung District. The principal town is Mong La.It was the Special Region #4 of Shan before new constitution . It hosts "National Democratic Alliance Army " and its leader Lin Mingxian aka Sai Lin...

. it is approximately 258 km from Mae Sai

Mae Sai

Mae Sai is the northernmost district of Chiang Rai Province in northern Thailand. The town of Mae Sai is a major border crossing between Thailand and Burma...

, a border town of Thailand. And it is approximately 80 km northeast of Kengtung. It situates opposite of Dalou, a china border town of Yunnan

Yunnan

Yunnan is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the far southwest of the country spanning approximately and with a population of 45.7 million . The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders Burma, Laos, and Vietnam.Yunnan is situated in a mountainous area, with...

Province. It emerged from a small remote village in 1990s to a Myanmar version of Las Vegas. Its coordination is 21 39'50" N and 100 02' 24" E.

Its transvestite cabaret show attracts a lot of tourist from China. Gambling, prostitution and money laundering are other purposes of Chinese visitors. Its casinos were closed down in January 2005 for about a year because of complaints from Beijing. There is an increased in illegal wildlife trafficking. Gambling through internet is also available. There are 700-1000 visitors for each day. It has a history of rapid expansion and declining of economic. In late 2000s, it economic is in declining.

Electricity, telecommunication infrastructure and import/export are depended on China. The main currency used in there is Chinese Yuan.

It is the home of Drug Eradication Museum aka "Opium Free Zone Museum" and Dway Nagara Pagoda. No need to pay admission fee to Museum.