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Chinese company to improve 78 km of Road No 13

Chinese company to improve 78 km of Road No 13

(KPL) The Ministry of Construction and Public Works approved a contract to a Chinese company to carry out road improvement work to a 78 km stretch of road of Road No 13.
This road stretches from Nateuy, near the China-Laos border to Namor district, Oudomsay province.
According to the contract, the company from Yunnan province will pave the road with asphalt and repair five bridges and the 33-month work will cost 273 million yuan.
The construction of road No 13, located in the northernmost part of the country is a strategic plan of Party and Government to further develop the national infrastructure and it is also part of the government’s policy on poverty reduction.
For this project the Lao government has received financial support from the Chinese government.
This road links China and the other ASEAN countries and it is part of the ASEAN Road project.
The Standing Deputy Prime Minister Somsavat Lengsavad, Minister of Construction and Public Works Sommad Pholsena and Chinese Ambassador to Laos were at the signing ceremony in Vientiane Capital on 19 January.

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