| Sikhottabong district | |
| Other Name: | Sikhottabong |
| Native Name: | ສີໂຄດຕະບອງ |
| Settlement Type: | District |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Laos |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Vientiane Prefecture |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sikhottabong |
| Leader Title: | District Governor |
| Leader Name: | Thavixay Maosomphou |
| Population As Of: | 2015 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 120999 |
| Population Urban: | 114704 |
| Timezone: | ICT |
| Utc Offset: | +7 |
| Coordinates: | 17.9703°N 102.5736°W |
Sikhottabong (Lao: ເມືອງສີໂຄດຕະບອງ, in Lao pronounced as /mɯ́aŋ sǐː kʰôːt.tā.bɔ̀ːŋ/) is a district of Vientiane Prefecture, Laos.[2] [3] The district contains Wattay International Airport, the busiest airport in Laos which began its operations in 1999. The area has also seen significant investment from Japan as a result of the airport.[4]
Wattay International Airport began operations in the district in 1999. The airport would see further expansions in 2005, December 2011 to November 2012, and December 2015 to August 2018 funded in part by Japan.
During an attempted robery in the district, a Chinese citizen was shot by the robbers. Lao authorities were then urged by the Embassy of China in Vientiane to arrest the couple who shot him.[5] From 6-7 August 2022, areas of the district faced heavy rain and were subsequently flooded, affecting 25 villages and 839 families. On 10 August 2022, the mayor of Vientiane, Atsaphangthong Siphandone, and the District Governor, Thavixay Maosomphou, visited Nongniao and Nong Teng which were both affected by the floods.[6]