Thailand, Laos sign agreement on 5th friendship bridge across Mekong River
Thailand and Laos on Friday signed an agreement on building the fifth friendship bridge between Thailand’s Bueng Kan province and Laos’ Bolikhamsai province.
Thailand’s Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith and Lao Public Works and Transport Minister Bounchan Sinthavong presided over the signing ceremony on Friday.
Arkhom said Thailand’s upper northeastern region, particularly Bueng Kan province, will be connected with Bolikhamsai and nearby provinces via the friendship bridge in the next three years.
He said Bueng Kan and Bolikhamsai could be gateways for bilateral trade, investment and tourism between the two neighboring countries. Thai cargoes could be transported via the Thai-Lao friendship bridge to southern China while Lao products could be transported from central Laos to Laem Chabang deep-sea port in eastern Thailand, he said.
