ArticleAuthors: Walsh, John; Southiseng, Nittana; Nguyen, Quang Trung (2019)
Lao PDR and Vietnam share an extensive land border and there are a number of points
at which border crossings can be made and border trade conducted. The connectivity of these
crossings is to be intensified by cross-border transportation infrastructure such as the VientianeBolikhamsay-Vung Anh deep seaport railroad, which would facilitate exports from landlocked Lao
PDR. Such infrastructure will improve existing Vietnamese investment in its western neighbour,
where more than 400 projects worth more than US$5 billion have already been licensed in
activities such as hydropower, industrial tree plantation and mining. Meanwhile, Star Telecom,
which is a joint venture between Viettel...