Bidding for Fifth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge project scheduled for July

BANGKOK, June 28 (Xinhua): A bidding on the construction of the Fifth Thai-Laos Friendship Bridge project is scheduled in July with a winning contractor being scheduled to sign for it in August, confirmed government spokeswoman Narumon Pinyosinwat on Sunday.

The construction of the friendship bridge is expected to get started later this year and to be finished in a three-year time, she said.