China will provide more than US$11.5 billion in loans and aid to neighbouring Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam, mostly for infrastructure and industrial capacity building, state media said. Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang speaks during the opening ceremony of the 5th Summit of the Greater Mekong Subregion Economic …
The Thai junta hopes the visit of Chinese premier Li Keqiang will give it some much-needed diplomatic credibility. China’s Prime Minister Li Keqiang. Chinese premier Li Keqiang on Friday (Dec 19) signed an agreement to help construct a railway through Thailand, as the kingdom’s junta seeks diplomatic support …
Thailand and China have agreed to jointly develop two rail lines in Thailand which could eventually link the two countries. A Thai soldier patrols an area along a railway track in Thailand. Thailand and China signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Friday (Dec 19) to jointly develop …
The government of Japan has provided grant assistance worth more than US$368,000 (about 3 billion kip) for the construction of new school facilities through its Grant-in-Aid Scheme for Grassroots Human Security Projects. Work will be carried out at a primary school and three lower secondary schools located in …
The Japanese Government has granted 192 billion kip for the construction of Sekong bridge and also a human resource development scholarship scheme to accelerate the economic growth of Laos. The signing ceremony for the two project grants was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vientiane yesterday. …