Infrastructure
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More Than 200 Lives Killed In Road Accidents in Vientiane
(KPL) Some 238 people’s lives have been claimed in road accident during the celebration of New Year 2019 in Vientiane. Yet the death toll represents a decrease of 5 per cent as compared to last year.This year witnessed a 36 per cent decrease in the ...
KPL editors
Transport liberalisation could lower freight service costs: New study
The cost of freight services in Laos would be much lower if the government allowed foreign firms to provide these services, a new study suggests.The study, sponsored by the World Bank Group and international development partners in Laos, shows that the cost of freight services ...
Ekaphone Phouthonesy
Work progresses on Huayxai airport expansion
The runway at Huayxai Airport in Bokeo province is currently being extended to better serve regional transport needs and accommodate the growth of investment and tourism. Now just 7 percent complete, the project is scheduled to be finished in 2020 at a cost of 149 billion ...
Times Reporters
Newly-built Nam Ngum bridge opens to the public
A bridge that has been built across the Nam Ngum river linking Nabong and Thakokhay villages in Pakngum district, Vientiane, is now open for public use, making life easier for local residents. The official opening ceremony yesterday was attended by Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and President ...
Times Reporters
Chinese firm launches road upgrading project in central Laos
VIENTIANE – China North Industries Group Corporation Limited (NORINCO) has launched an upgrading project for a Savanakhet road in central Laos.Dong Jifeng, assistant general manager of NORINCO International, the business sector of its parent company NORINCO, said at a ceremony on Saturday at the project ...
xuxin
Chinese companies helping transform Lao economy
VIENTIANE – “Every project department of China Railway is ready to be dispatched at any time!”At the end of July, when a deadly flash flood swept through Attapeu province of southern Laos, China Railway, a Chinese company constructing the China-Laos Railway in the country, provided ...
Xinhua
Govt mulls measures to clamp down on overvalued road projects
Poor quality, excessive cost and the slow progress of road construction projects dominated discussions at the cabinet’s monthly meeting for November, which sought solutions to these chronic problems.More ...
Souksakhone Vaenkeo
Runoff From Railway Project Pollutes River in Lao Tourist Destination
The Lao-Chinese railway project has released polluted water from construction work into the Xong River in Vientiane province’s Vang Vieng district, one of the most popular destinations in the country for tourists, an local resident and an environmental official told RFA’s Lao Service.More ...
RFA’s Lao Service
Lao drivers given licence to drive on Asean roads
Local authorities have clarified that Lao drivers with international driving permits are able to drive freely in other countries around the world, as Laos has signed up to the relevant convention.In addition, motorists who hold a Lao driving licence are officially allowed to drive freely ...
Phaisithong Chandala
Vientiane State Bus Doubles Bus Fares
(KPL) The Vientiane State Bus Enterprise (VSBE) has doubled bus fares for students commuting on Thangon, Dongdok and Phontong-Dongdok routes.The increased fare applies to those holding six-month and one-year electric bus passes. The updated bus fare is valid from November 5 onward.More ...
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