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NEDA Delegation Visits Laos to Follow Up the Progress on the 5th Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge (Bueng Kan – Bolikhamxai) Construction Project

On January 18, 2024, Mr. Thaweesit Yuprasert, Project and Engineering Consultant, along with Ms. Dariwan Prempoomwate, Director of Project Operation and Management Bureau I, and a delegation from NEDA, joined Mr. Phitsaphonh Philavong, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Road Transport, and their teams, including consultants and construction contractors, on a site visit to monitor and discuss the ongoing construction of the 5th Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge (Bueng Kan - Bolikhamsai) in the Bolikhamxai District of Lao PDR. This project, which is a financial cooperation effort between NEDA and the government of Lao PDR, facilitated through a complete loan of 1,380,067,000 baht, had achieved 90.09% completion by the end of December 2023.