Air route linking Thailand, Laos, Vietnam to be opened
Ha Noi, Jan. 21 (VNA) -- Commercial representatives of the nine northern provinces of Thailand have agreed to open a new international air route linking Thailand, Viet Nam and Laos from February, 2001.
The new international air route will be established in accordance with an agreement on economic and transport cooperation reached between China, Thailand, Laos and Viet Nam last year.
The Lao Airlines is expected to conduct the first flight on Feb. 9 on this air route, and then regular flights from Thailand's Nan province via Luang Prabang province of Laos to Dien Bien Phu in Viet Nam will be conducted on Monday, Wednesday and Friday every week.
This air route will be extended to Myanmar in March.--VNA
