Construction of a cross-border check-point on the Vietnam-Laos border commenced in Laos’s Attopeu province on Aug. 25.

The Phu Cua check-point - 1.5 km from the existing Bo Y check-point in Kon Tum province, in Vietnam ’s Central Highlands, has a total acreage of 27,000 sq.m.

It is being built with an ODA grant from Vietnam of 29.5 billion VND (1.66 million USD) under the two countries’ agreement on economic, cultural and scientific-technological cooperation.

The project is expected to be completed in September 2010, and will pair with Kon Tum’s Bo Y check-point, meeting international standards./.