Infrastructure

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Savannakhet provincial authorities have announced the removal of all inspection checkpoints along main roads to speed the transport of freight and exports.Provincial governor Santiphab Phomvihane last week issued an executive order to remove the checkpoints – the latest move to improve ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Germany has agreed to support all-year access to remote rural villages, bolster income generation, and improve the socio-economic conditions of people in Khammuan and Attapeu provinces.Funding for the two rural development projects will see the construction and renovation of rural roads ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – The Lao Hotel and Restaurant Association has suggested that the government cut electricity prices for the service sector as their rates are far higher than the industrial and commercial sectors.The service sector pays more than 1,000 kip per 1,000 kWh for ...

Vientiane authorities are improving and widening some main roads and installing traffic lights for pedestrians in community areas to reduce traffic congestion.The work is being undertaken by the Vientiane Public Works and Transport Department.The head of the department’s transportation management division, Mr Sivone Subthavy, told Vientiane ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN) – Construction work is around 40 percent complete on an expressway linking the capital of Vientiane with Vangvieng, a well-known tourism district in Vientiane province.The construction of the 113.5-km road, which kick-started last April, is expected to take three years to complete, ...

The contract for the company building an 11-km road from Donnokkhoum village in Sisattanak district to the 450 Year Road in Xaysettha district has been extended by 18 months after the contractor faced a shortage of funds.Project Director, Mr Sacksombath Taysouliya, told Vientiane Times that “The agreement ...

NANNING, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) — Nearly 80 percent of the construction of the China-Laos railway has been completed, said Lao Deputy Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone on Saturday.The railway will serve as a key infrastructure for the economic corridor between the two countries and help boost ...

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is supporting the construction of Luang Prabang city’s expanded water supply from 2019-2022 through a grant agreement of US$18.4 million.Nihon Suido Consultants Co., Ltd will prepare the bidding documents, select the winning bid and supervise the project construction. Director of Water ...

Vientiane Authority has confirmed the upgrade of the 9.4-km road running from Tanmixay crossroads in Xaythany district to Sikeuth junction in Naxaithong district of Vientiane will be completed by the end of this year.Consulting Project Director, Mr Sompasong Chanthavong, told Vientiane Times  yesterday that the project is ...

A press conference was held last Friday at Vientiane’s Talat Sao (Morning Market) Mall to inform the public of the future of the market and mall complex, which has been uncertain for some years.The press conference was held by Mr. Atsaphangthong Siphandone, Vice Mayor of ...