VIENTIANE: The Laos government has approved more than 6,000 investment projects with combined funding of around US$37 billion since the introduction of the market-oriented economy and opening up to the world in the 1980s.
From 1989 to 2019 the total number of investment projects was 6,144, with an overall investment value of US$36.8 billion, according to figures released recently by the Ministry of Planning and Investment, local daily Vientiane Times reported during the weekend.
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