Laos-Vietnam railway construction could begin by year end: developer

A conceptual design of the railway. - VT

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Construction of a railway linking Vientiane with the Vung Ang seaport in Vietnam’s Ha Tinh province could begin at the end of this year or early next year, its developer has said.

“If things go as expected, construction could begin at the end of this year or in the first quarter of next year,” Chanthone Sitthixay, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Petroleum Trading Lao Public Company (PetroTrade) – the project developer – told the President of the State Inspection Authority, Khamphan Phommathat, recently.