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Connecting bus services are available towards the city and the Laos China Railway station, as well as taxi services operated at a fixed price. Bus fares are 20,000 kip for adults to the Central Bus Station in the city, with the same prices applying for those heading towards the Vientiane railway station .
Laos and Thailand have had bilateral relations since the time of their precursor Lan Xang and Ayutthaya kingdoms in the 15th century. The two countries share a border and express linguistic and cultural similarities. The Lao kingdom of Lan Xang included all of northeastern Thailand as recently as the early 18th century. [1]
The Laos–Thailand border is the international border between the territory of Laos and Thailand. The border is 1,845 km (1,146 mi) in length, over half of which follows the Mekong River , and runs from the tripoint with Myanmar in the north to tripoint with Cambodia in the south.
Laos, [c] officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR or LPDR), [d] is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. [12] Its capital and most populous city is Vientiane.
The Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone is located along the Mekong River in the Golden Triangle area where Laos, Myanmar and Thailand meet. [10]: 103 The zone is midway (20.361150, 100.099807) between Houay Xay, the capital of Laos' Bokeo Province, and Tachileik, Myanmar.
A branch to Thanaleng Dry Port freight yard was completed in July 2022, allowing transfer of cargo between Thai metre gauge railway and Laos standard gauge railway. However, the Vientiane end of the line will eventually cross the Mekong River on a new bridge to meet up with the Bangkok–Nong Khai high-speed railway once it is completed, making ...
Today, the Lao PDR's hydropower potential is widely recognized as one of the country's main resources, since it enjoys a strategic location between the booming economies of China, Vietnam, and Thailand and rivers that contribute 35 percent of Mekong flows. The Lao PDR has an estimated potential of some 18,000 MW from over 60 project sites on ...
Kasikornthaibank Lao KBank 14 November 2014 [5] Kasikornbank: kasikornbank.com.la: Saigon Thuong Tin Bank Lao Sacombank 12 December 2008 Sacombank sacombank.com.la: VietinBank Lao 27 January 2012 VietinBank: vietinbank.com.la: Vietcombank Lao VCB 19 October 2018 [6] Vietcombank: Canadia Bank Lao 1 September 2009 Canadia Bank: canadiabank.com.la ...