Corporate profile · Vientiane

A small firm,
built to last.

Modern Lao Sole Co., Ltd. has designed and built private residences in Vientiane since 2017. Lao-owned. In-house design, engineering, site. Twenty homes delivered.

Who we are

Built around accountability, not volume.

Modern Lao Homes is a Lao-owned residential design and construction firm in Vientiane Capital. We design, engineer, and build private homes for clients who want the process visible before money moves.

Drawings, engineering, weekly supervision, and milestone payments are in-house. Nothing routes through a subcontracted main contractor.

Most clients are foreign-Lao couples building their first long-term home in Laos. The drawings are honest. The price at handover matches the price at signing.

"A client should see the drawings, the site, the money trail, and the next decision without chasing anyone."

What we build

A single, narrow lane: residential.

One lane: residential design and construction. No commercial work. No subcontracted main contractor.

Homes typically run one to three storeys, 140 to 400 square metres, across Vientiane Capital. We stay close to each one from first sketch to final handover.

New build, renovation, extension. Foreign-Lao couples, Lao families, resident expatriates. We are deliberately small, and we say no to work we cannot do well.

Founded 2017 9 years in Vientiane
Legal entity Modern Lao
Sole Co., Ltd.
Lao-incorporated
Director Gary Snider Managing Director
Team Five
core staff
In-house, not subcontracted
Delivered 20+ homes Vientiane Capital, since 2017
A residence approach in Vientiane
Don Koi Village · Vientiane Capital Modern Lao Sole Co., Ltd.
Operating record

Since 2017. Twenty residences.

We have delivered residential homes in Vientiane since 2017 — for Lao families, foreign residents, and diplomatic missions. The same five people have walked every site we have built.

Drawings, structural engineering, MEP coordination, site supervision, payment scheduling, and weekly reports are in-house. Construction runs through our own site teams — not a subcontracted main contractor who leaves between sketch and slab.

The first home we delivered is still standing, still occupied, still under the same warranty discipline we apply to a home we hand over next week.

Lineage. Modern Lao Sole Co., Ltd. was founded in Vientiane in 2017 by Benjamin Soo and Greg Nolan. Gary Lynn Snider is the current Managing Director. Source: 2021 Company Profile

Project showcase · Amari Vientiane

Amari Vientiane — 250 rooms, Mekong riverside.

The hotel. 250 rooms and suites in a 15-storey building, on a central Mekong riverside site at the intersection of Quai Fa Ngum and Khun Bu Lom Roads — a short walk from Chao Anouvong Park and the night market.

MLH’s role. The team was given two scopes. First, to manage the purchasing of the entire interior fit-out — public areas and all 250 rooms — sourcing and supplying against the operator’s specification. Second, to inspect the structural quality of the building given its location next to the river, where seasonal water levels rise and fall.

"We worked with hotel management to source and bring in everything that furnishes the interior — and we inspected the structure to ensure the building is safe and certified to operate next to the river."

Source: MLH 2021 Company Profile, pp. 18–20

Rooms 250 Rooms & suites
Storeys 15 Riverside elevation
Location Mekong
Riverside
Quai Fa Ngum × Khun Bu Lom
MLH scope Interior
purchasing
Public areas + 250 rooms
Plus Structural
inspection
Riverside flood-level review
Past projects · 2018–2021

A residential ledger, recorded.

From the 2021 Company Profile. Six MLH residential projects in Vientiane Capital across the 2018–2021 build cycle. Source: MLH 2021 Company Profile, p. 10

P1 Ban Dongdok 4 villas. Project value: $350,000. Vientiane Capital
P2 Ban Xiengda 1-storey house. 3 bedrooms. Project value: $120,000. Vientiane Capital
P3 Ban Phonsaat 1-storey loft house. 3 bedrooms. Project value: $120,000. Vientiane Capital
P4 Ban Saphangtong 2-storey house with pool. 3 bedrooms. Project value: $220,000. Vientiane Capital
P5 Ban Xanakham 1-storey house. Project value: $100,000. Vientiane Capital
P6 Ban Saphangmo 2× 2-storey duplex. 6 bedrooms. Project value: $350,000. Vientiane Capital
Senior team

The four people who answer the phone.

01 Gary Lynn Snider Managing Director. On every site, every week. Holds the client relationship from first call through twelve-month warranty. Signs the payment schedule and the weekly progress report. Director · Vientiane
02 Adrian Holcombe Head Engineer. Thirty years of prior career experience across hospitality, banking, and infrastructure projects. Per the 2021 Company Profile, the record includes:
  • Samba Bank HQ Tower, Riyadh — 40 storeys, 232 m, 3 basement levels + 5-level podium, 112,000 m² built area. King Abdullah Financial District. Client: Samba Financial Group. (El‑Seif Construction.)
  • Millennium Hotel Hail, Saudi Arabia — 5-star, 8 floors, 38,411 m². 118 rooms, 22 standard suites, 20 duplex villas, 5 living rooms, 2 diplomatic suites. Client: Higher Education Fund.
  • KAFD Convention Center, Riyadh — LEED accredited, 4 basement carpark levels, mega roof steel-and-glass with banqueting hall and conference facility, 120,000 m². Client: Rayadah Investment.
  • Crowne Plaza Vientiane / Holiday Inn / Royal Square Complex — Vientiane, Lao PDR.
  • Nam Theun 2 Hydroelectric Project — Lao PDR.
  • ANZ Banks (ANZ / JLL) — Lao PDR.
  • Nissan Car Showroom — Lao PDR.
  • Santics Garment Factory — Lao PDR.
  • Residential Complexes — Brisbane, Australia.
Prior career experience · Source: MLH 2021 Company Profile
Engineer · 30 yrs
03 Mr. Ping Site Engineer. Eleven years on international projects in Lao PDR. Walks every active site, runs the site crew, owns the build-quality checklist before a milestone payment releases. Site engineering
04 Ms. Vieng Architect. Turns the brief into a drawing set — concept, developed design, construction-ready. Lao-trained, based in Vientiane. Owns the 3D renders clients use to make decisions. Architecture
05 Ms. Namthip Architect. Works alongside Ms. Vieng across concept, developed design, and construction-ready phases. Lao-trained, based in Vientiane. Architecture
Office

Don Koi Village. By appointment.

Don Koi Village, Sisattanak District, Vientiane Capital, Lao PDR. The studio is where drawings are produced, where contracts are signed, and where weekly progress photographs are catalogued.

Visits by appointment — we are usually on a site when you call. Fastest way to reach us: [email protected] or WhatsApp +856 20 5686 1115.

Corporate profile, portfolio lookbook, foreign-buyer guide, sample progress report, and design-to-completion timeline are available on request. Operating documents, not a sales deck.

Full document

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This page is the firm at a glance. The full Modern Lao Homes Company Profile 2026 — engineering pedigree, selected projects, the five-stage client journey, banking, next steps — is the operating document we send to clients in due-diligence.

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