Laos and Russia discuss New Moscow-Vientiane flight route to boost tourism

Ural Airlines announces the resumption of flights from the port city of Vladivostok to Vientiane Capital on 29 October 2023. Laos and Russia also discussed the possibility of launching a direct flight route between Vientiane and Moscow on 2 October 2023.

VIENTIANE (Laotian Times): The Lao head of the Party Central Committee for External Relations, Thongsavanh Phomvihane, met with a Russian delegation led by an MP and Secretary of the Moscow Capital Party Committee Denis Andreevich Parfenov this week, to discuss economic cooperation, including the possibility of launching a direct flight route between Vientiane and Moscow.

During the meeting, on 2 October, the parties stressed their interest in enhancing bilateral trade and boosting investment and tourism. The launch of a Moscow-Vientiane flight route would aim at increasing the number of tourists from Russia and bringing in more revenues and jobs in Laos.