[2] The Bung Kiat Ngong wetland cover 2,360 hectares and is located in Pathoumphone District, Champassak Province in southern Laos, 56 km south of the provincial capital, Pakse.
The southern parts of the wetland and most of the village of Ban Kiat Ngong, are located within the Xe Pian National Protected Area (NPA).
[3] Beung Kiat Ngong wetland is included the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot or the Central Indochina area.
The forest of the wetland is rich due to the quality soil and abundance of water, and seasonal and perennial flooded grasses are found here.
Local people are engage in subsistence and commercial fishing, harvesting of wild vegetables, rice and non-timber products.