The bridge across the Mekong River (above) will connect Laos' Bolikhamxay province to Thailand's Bueng Kan province. - Reuters
VIENTIANE (Xinhua): Work on a fifth bridge linking Laos and Thailand across the Mekong River has begun after a construction agreement was signed in December.
The bridge, which will take 36 months to build, will connect Bolikhamxay province in Laos to Thailand's northeastern province of Bueng Kan.
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