Thailand, Laos, Vietnam jointly open transport route

Hanoi (VNA) - As of June 19, Thailand , Laos and Vietnam will jointly
open highway routes for trucks to facilitate lower-cost freight transportation,
the Thai News Agency (TNA) reported on March 7.


The three regional neighbours, under the terms of the East-West Economic Corridor
(EWEC) Accord, agreed upon in Vietnam last month, will open a route linking
Thailand 's northeastern province of Mukdahan with Savannakhet province in Lao,
and continuing through to Vietnam 's Lao Bao border gate, TNA quoted a senior
Thai land transport department official as saying.


The distance between Mukdahan and the Lao Bao border gate is roughly 500
kilometres, and takes around 10.5 hours by automobile.

As per the agreement, about 400 trucks from each country will transport goods along
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