South Korea will conduct a feasibility study for a new railway connecting Vientiane in Laos and southern Vietnam. The proposed track would link the Lao capital and Vung Tau in Vietnam. The study will be paid for by a USD 3 million grant from the Korea International Cooperation Agency, to be completed in 2017, the Vientiane Times reported, Bangkok Post informs.
The 500 km line will run through Borikhamxay and Khammouane province to Vung Tao, a major deepwater port in southern Vietnam. Officials of the Korea Rail Network Authority and Seoul University held talks with their Lao counterparts including Sompong Pholsena, the director-general of the Laos Railway Department, on July 15 on the implementation of the study, it said.
China will invest in a railway line from the Chinese border to Vientiane. The line from China will connect to the Thai rail system in Nong Khai province.
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