You are a visitor in the Lao People's Democratic Republic, in it's capital, Vientiane, you walk around the city until you see someone with the flag of Laos on his head, he seems distant, but kind, and let's out a small awkward smile before returning to his blank facial expression and saying, in a somewhat strange and foreign language...

ເອີ...ສະບາຍດີ? (Uh... hi?)