New Thai-Lao bridge to open Dec 20
KARNJANA KARNJANATAWE
Another bridge linking Thailand’s Mukdahan Province and Savanakhet of Laos will open December 20.
HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn will preside the opening. There will be three days of celebration from Dec 20-22 in Thailand to mark the event, while Laos will organise a border fair from Dec 17-24 featuring 200 booths selling local products .
The bridge spanning the Khong River is 12-metre wide and 1.6 kilometres long. It is the second bridge across the Khong, following the first one linking Nong Khai and Vientiane, the Laotian capital.
Mukdahan governor Boonsom Pirinyawong expects the new bridge to greatly increase trade and travel between Laos and Thailand and other Indochinese countries.
The fee for crossing the bridge for a car or pick-up truck is 50 baht.
*Bron: Bangkok Post / www.bangkokpost.com *