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2007-1226 - VNA - Vietnam-Laos railway under consideration

http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/business/261207/business_viet.htm

Last updated: 16:23 - December 26, 2007
Vietnam-Laos railway under consideration

The Ministry of Transport has appointed the Vietnam Railway
Department (VRD) to make a feasibility study on the
construction of a railway linking Vietnam and Laos.

As part of the trans-Asia railway system, the route will start
at Veuntai village, 12 kilometres north of Thakhet city of
Laos , and finish at Mu Gia Pass in Vietnam’s central Quang
Binh province.

The project is estimated to cost US $450 million, said VRD
Deputy Director Nguyen Van Doanh. (VNA)

Nhan Dan


2007-1226 - VNA - Transit port for Lao commodities to be built

http://www.nhandan.com.vn/english/business/261207/business_tr.htm

Last updated: 16:23 - December 26, 2007

Transit port for Lao commodities to be built

A transit port reserved for Laos’ commodities will be built at
the Vung Ang Port in the central province of Ha Tinh.

The project will have a total investment of US $200 million
with the Vietnamese side contributing 80% and the Lao side, 20%.

The project is expected to be carried out in the first quarter
of next year. (VNA)

Nhan Dan


2007-1225 - VOA - Vientiane Attracted 183 Foreign Investment
Projects in 2006-07

http://www.voanews.com/lao/2007-12-25-voa2.cfm

Laos: Vientiane Attracted 183 Foreign Investment Projects in
2006-07
By Songrit Pongern
25/12/2007

Songrit reports from Bangkok in Lao, 1.07 MB audio clip
Listen to Songrit reports from Bangkok in Lao, 1.07 MB audio clip

The administration of the Laotian capital city of Vientiane
announced during a recent party plenary session that the city
was able to attract some 183 foreign investments worth over
2,200 billion kips or over 224 million dollars in the fiscal
year 2006-07, an increase of 35% from the year before.

Vientiane also increased its gross domestic product to 10,426
million kips, or a per capita GDP of almost 14 million kips or
1,400 dollars, the highest in 32 years and highest in the
inside the new morning market building in Vientiane
country.

It was reported that tourism and the service sector
experienced the highest growth rate of 39%, but constituted
only a 23.8% share of the GDP, while the industry and
construction sectors take up more than 50%.

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Dept. of Religious Studies
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University of California, Riverside
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