Laos and Vietnam have signed a bilateral MOU to simplify border crossings between the two countries that will pave the way for the start of reductions of lengthy customs procedures at their borders into a single-stop inspection.
Lao officials are confident the single-stop inspection, to start in the first-half of 2005, will help promote bilateral trade and get Laos ready for the implementation of the Cross-Border Agreement of the six GMS nations in 2007.