Laos plans more expressways to improve logistics


The first section of the Vientiane-Boten expressway is open to traffic. - VT

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): The government is upgrading the country’s road network and is planning to build more expressways to improve logistics and help fulfil the goal for Laos to become a land-linked country.

Deputy Minister of Public Works and Transport Lan Seng-Aphone gave a summary of the work undertaken in road development over the past three years at a meeting of the public works and transport sector.

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