Chinese Developers Abandon International Airport Project in Laos

An international airport project scheduled for construction by a Chinese developer in northwestern Laos’s Bokeo province has been canceled so that an airport built earlier in the province may be upgraded instead, sources say.

The abandoned project was to have been built on land taken by the King Romans Group from local villagers in 2014, a move leading to standoffs between angry farmers and armed guards sent to enforce the order to seize the land.

Speaking to RFA’s Lao Service this week, a Lao government official confirmed the project had been canceled.

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