New High way project to link 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.

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.

New Riverside Park planned for Plain of Jars

Xieng Khouang province will develop a 10-hectare riverside park in Paek district of Phonsavanh to beautify the area and give residents and tourists a place to relax.
Vientiane Times reported the park is being built along the Nam Ngum River near a market and is on a well-traveled route that visitors must take to enter or exit the town.
It will take two years to complete the park. However, once it's finished, the place should become a popular spot where residents can exercise or join in community activities.
“Construction of the park is expected to be finished in mid-2016 as the province is set to host the 11th National Games in 2017,” the governor told local media.

The park is close to the provincial stadium where the National Games will be hosted.
This is the first park to be built in the province and underscores the authorities efforts to attract domestic tourism and improve recreational facilities for residents.
‪Plain of Jars‬ is located in the Xieng Khouang Plateau, Northeast of the country around 400 km of Vientiane. It is already one of the country’s top tourist destination after Luang Prabang, attracting tourists interested in the Plain of Jars.
The province borders ‪Luang Prabang‬ to the Northwest, Houaphan to the Northeast, ‪Vietnam‬ to the East,  Bolikhamsai to the Southeast, and ‪Vientiane‬ to the Southwest.
The province’s Plain of Jars site has been proposed for listing as a ‪UNESCO‬ World Heritage Monument.