Hydropower, mining, infrastructure to drive Laos economic recovery: PM


VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): Mega hydropower and mining projects are set to be implemented to drive the economic recovery in 2021 after the severe impacts from Covid-19, Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith told the National Assembly (NA) on Tuesday (Oct 27).

Large investment projects to be implemented along the nearly-finished Laos-China railway and Vientiane-Vangvieng expressway are additional important drivers as well as the development of industrial parks and dry ports.

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