Laos' super highway - the Vientiane-Vangvieng expressway is 70% complete


VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): The construction of the 113.50km expressway linking Vientiane and Vangvieng is now over 70 per cent complete and authorities expect an official handover ceremony to take place at the end of this year.

Head of the Management Committee of the Vientiane-Vangvieng expressway, Khattiyasack Chaiyavong, told Vientiane Times.

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