Minh: Connectivity is key to Asean’s tourism plans

Connectivity is crucial to the process of building the Asean Community, and ties in with the effort to market the region as a single tourist destination, the grouping’s chief said. “Asean is in the process of building the Asean Community, and in the process of building this community, connectivity is very crucial,” Asean Secretary General Le Luong Minh stressed. Minh was speaking at a press conference in Vientiane on the sidelines of the Asean Tourism Forum, which ended yesterday. … “We have sections to be completed to link Thailand and Cambodia, and the sections within Cambodia and the section to link Cambodia and Vietnam.” For its part, Laos has decided to proceed with the construction of a US$7 billion (about Bt210 billion) high-speed railway linking Vientiane to the Laos-China border, which will be a key section of the future trans-Asean railway network. …

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