Japan to help Laos buil road to the Indochinese Triangle?

Japan to help Laos build road to link with Cambodia, Viet Nam

2007/10/31

Vientiane (VNA) – The Lao and Japanese governments have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU), under which Japan will help Laos build a road connecting Laos ’ southern Attapeu province with neighbouring Cambodia and Viet Nam.

Japan will provide funding for the surveying, designing and evaluating of economic and environment impacts of the project, which are scheduled to be completed within 10 months. Consequently, the two sides will ink an agreement on the construction of the work.

Japan will also help maintain and upgrade the Laos’s Roads No. 16A and No. 18A to facilitate transportation between Attapeu with Champassak and other provinces in south Laos.

VN shells out 7 billion VND to buold road from Kg Cham to VN

01/07/2007
Binh Phuoc grants aid to Cambodian neighbour

The southwestern border province of Binh Phuoc has decided to grant 7 billion VND (425,000 USD) in aid to Cambodia’s Kompong Cham province, in order to upgrade a 31 km-long stretch of road that connects the neighbours.

The road, which will include a 48 m-long steel bridge, is expected to be completed by the end of this year and aims to boost trade and cultural exchanges between the two provinces.

Source: VNA