A delegation of the Lao National Assembly (NA), led by its Vice President Sounthone Xayachak, on May 23 visited and inspected the progress of the Dakcheung bauxite mining and alumina processing complex, a major industrial project invested by Vietnam’s Viet Phuong group in Dakcheung district, Laos’ Xekong province.

Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung inspected the construction of and assessed challenges facing several Vietnamese-invested projects in southern Laos on August 7-8.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese businesses have so far invested in 241 projects in Laos, with a total registered capitalization of US$5.4 billion, of which US$2.7 billion has been disbursed, a conference heard in Hanoi September 12.

Vietnamese and Lao businesses discussed ways to speed up the implementation of large-scale Vietnamese-invested projects in Laos and seek new cooperation projects of strategic importance during a workshop in Vientiane on March 21.