Thai gov’t approves financial aid to 5th Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge
The Thai government on Tuesday approved financial assistance to Laos for the construction of the fifth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge linking Thailand’s northeastern province of Bueng Kan with Lao’s central province of Bolikhamsai.
“The fifth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge had been approved in principle in the Cabinet’s resolution on June 4 this year,” said Peerames Vudthitornetiraks, president of the Neighbouring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency Public Organization (NEDA).
