New expressway and railway links Laos and Vietnam

Vietnam and Laos are planning to build a 760 km expressway linking Hanoi and Vientiane and a railway linking Vung Ang (Ha Tinh) – Vientiane.
The both countries’ Ministry of Transport are disscussing about the preparations for a feasibility study on the route and forecasted traffic between the two capitals.
According to the pre-feasibility study done by Vietnam’s Transportation Design Consultancy Corporation (TEDI), the expressway would pass through Paksan in Laos and Thanh Thuy – Thanh Chuong (Nghe An province) in Vietnam.
The expressway will be chosen to cross between two connections, with one via the border gates of Thanh Thuy and Nam On and the other through the border at Ha Tinh province’s Cau Treo and Bolikhamsai province’s Nam Phao.

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The ministry has yet to decide whether to upgrade existing roads to expressway standard, or build an entirely new road.
A feasibility study should also answer important questions of financing and the role each country will play in funding.
Motorists travelling from Vientiane to Hanoi use the road to the Nam Phao-Cau Treo international border checkpoint in Bolikhamsai province. Laos’ feasibility study may investigate this option.
In early October, the Ministry of Transport and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) signed an agreement to conduct a feasibility study for a rail link between Ha Tinh Province’s Vung Ang and Vientiane.
Vientiane-Hanoi Expressway and Vung Ang-Vientiane railway could be important transport links with ASEAN countries and in the Greater Mekong Sub-region.