Vietnam’s Civil Engineering Construction Joint Stock Company No. 525 on March 15 signed a contract to build seven bridges on National Highway 6A in the Lao northern province of Houaphan.

The company, which is an affiliate of the Ministry of Transport’s Civil Engineering Construction Corporation No. 5, will build the bridges with 5.3 million USD from the World Bank.

On the same day, Chitchareun - a company operated by Overseas Vietnamese in Laos - and Houaphan Transport Department signed a contract to build road No. 3204 in the province with an investment of 52 million USD.

Addressing the signing ceremony, Houaphan Party Secretary and Governor Khamhung Huongvongsi expressed his gratitude to the Party and Government of Vietnam, the Civil Engineering Construction Joint Stock Company No. 525 and Chitchareun for their support in building important infrastructure projects in his province.-VNA