S. Korea grants US$8.6mil for Lao immigration development

Officials attending the handover ceremony of the new immigration building in Vientiane on April 7. - VT

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): The Republic of Korea has provided grant aid of US$8.6 million for a three-pronged immigration development project to be implemented by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA).

Under the project, a new immigration building will be built while capacity building and a master plan for the overall development of the immigration sector will be undertaken.