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Laos increases transport services during Vietnam’s Tet

Lao transport companies last week doubled their bus services from Vientiane to major Vietnamese cities to 20 trips per day on average in order to meet the increasing travel demand during the Vietnamese traditional lunar new year (Tet) holiday.
Lao transport companies last weekdoubled their bus services from Vientiane to major Vietnamese cities to20 trips per day on average in order to meet the increasing traveldemand during the Vietnamese traditional lunar new year (Tet) holiday.

Director of the Cross-border Transport Company Sisamone said hiscompany increased its trips from 8 to 16 per day as a large number ofVietnamese people want to return home to welcome Tet.

According to Bounthanorm, Deputy Director of the Souddara TransportCompany, the company added 4-5 trips from Vientiane to Vietnam per day.

The national flag carrier Lao Airlines said the number of passengers onits Vientiane-Hanoi route has sharply increased since February 8. Tomeet the increasing demand, the airline replaced 56-seat planes with70-seat ones./.
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