Thai-Lao duty-free mall proposed for Vientiane

A group of Thai and Lao business people have announced a plan to spend 10 billion baht to develop a large shopping and hotel complex in Vientiane in order to cash in on opportunities arising from the coming from the coming Asean Economic Community. The massive complex on 200 rai has the support of the Lao government, which wants to draw more foreign investment to the landlocked country, they said. 

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