Third Mekong Bridge opens

NAKHON PHANOM, 17 November 2011: The Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, spanning the Mekong River, at a site 8 km north of Nakhon Phanom’s town centre, officially opened  last week.

Thailand’s Princess, Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, presided over the opening of the bridge, 11 November, at a ceremony attended by high ranking government officials from both Thailand and Laos.

The Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, connects the northeastern Thai province of Nakhon Phanom with Khammouan province in central Lao PDR.

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Bridge links luxury resort project

PHNOM PENH, 20 July 2011 – The first sea-span bridge, Techo Morakot Bridge, to connect Sihanoukville province in Cambodia to Puos  or Snake Island in Sihanouk Bay was officially opened last week by Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen.

Techo Morakot Bridge took three years to complete project at a cost of US$30 million.

The bridge was inaugurated 12 July and developed by China’s state-owned, Sinohydro Construction Corporation, which was also the main investor. Read more

River bridge makes progress

The construction of the third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, linking Khammuan province in central Laos to Nakhon Phanom province in Thailand in the upper northeast region is now five months ahead of schedule.

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