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Construction / Infrastructure in Laos

  • Laos speeds up railway construction machinery import from China

    CHINA, 2017/04/07 Full steam ahead for the China-Laos railway construction, Laos has speeded up machinery import from China, local daily Vientiane Times reported Monday. Hundreds of trucks carrying machinery and equipment for construction of the China-Laos railway have entered Laos next being delayed at the border. A appropriate lane has presently been allocated at the Mohan-Boten border crossing point to facilitate the passage of the trucks, project coordinator in northern Lao province Luang Namtha, Chanthachone Keolakhone told Vientiane Times on Friday.
  • Vietnam and Laos bauxite transport pipe construction approved

    LAOS, 2013/10/10 The Quang Nam Provincial People's Committee has allowed the Vietnam Import Export and Construction Corporation (Vinaconex) and its Lao partner the Laos Minerals Company, to build a pipe to transport bauxite from the Laos to the Chu Lai Economic Zone. According to Vinaconex, the bauxite mine in Sekong and Attapeu plateaus are at a height of about 1,150 meters with reserves of 300 million tons of ore. The pipe to transport bauxite to Vietnam will be about 240 kilometers and will be designed at the highest standards of the pipeline manufacturing industry.