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Article: ADB: Landmark agreement eases traffic between Th Thailand, Lao PDR and Viet Nam.
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- November 23, 1999
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M2 PRESSWIRE-23 November 1999-ADB: Landmark agreement eases traffic between Thailand, Lao PDR and Viet Nam (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD
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A landmark agreement to ease the flow of people and goods between Thailand, Lao PDR and Viet Nam will be signed by the transport ministers of the three countries in Vientiane on 26 November 1999. Aimed at slashing the bureaucratic red tape that currently restricts cross-border traffic flows, the accord is expected to boost trade between the countries as well as between the region and the rest of the world.
The region was divided by war not so long ago and this is a major step, as a former Thai ...