Where is our money? Vientiane residents affected by Laos-China Railway project still await their compensation


The Vientiane station is the main stop for the Laos-China railway project in Laos. - Laotian Times

VIENTIANE (Laotian Times): Almost two years after the completion of the Laos-China Railway, some residents in Laos capital Vientiane are still awaiting compensation for 308 plots of land that they had to relinquish for its construction.

Bouavone Souklaseng, head of the Vientiane Capital Planning and Investment Department, said from the 1,738 land plots that were acquired for the project, compensation has been handed out for 1,430, with 308 plots remaining.

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