China Eximbank provides $82.5 million concessional loan for Oudomxay-Pakmong Section of No.13 Road (NR13) Rehabilitation Project (Linked to Project ID#64756 and ID#64757)

In 2012, China Eximbank and the Government of Laos signed a $82.5 million concessional loan for the Oudomxay-Pakmong Section of No. 13 Road (NR13) Rehabilitation Project. The loan carried a 2% interest rate and a 20 year maturity. The purpose of the project was to refurbish the 81.65 km north section of the No.13 Road (NR13), which runs from Pak Mong in Luang Prabang Province to Muang Xay in Oudomasay (Oudomxay) Province. The refurbishment involved upgrading the road surface from one with bituminous surface treatment to asphalt concrete. Yunnan Sunshine Road and Bridge Co., Ltd. and China Railway Third Survey and Design Institute Group Co., Ltd. were the contractors responsible for implementation. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on March 7, 2014, and the project was officially completed and handed over to the Lao Government on June 20, 2016. The Chinese Government also financed the Pakmong-Nateuy Section of No. 13 Road (NR13) Extension Project (see Project ID#64756 and ID#64757).

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The Chinese project title is North Section of the Pak Mong-Oudomxai Road Refurbishment Project, the Muang Xai-Pa Mong Section Rehabilitation Project of Route 13, the Rehabilitation of Muang Xay-Pakmong Section of Road No.13 Project, or Oudomxay–Pakmong Road Rehabilitation Project. The Chinese project title 老挝北13号公路孟赛-巴蒙段公路修复项目 or 老挝13号公路巴蒙至勐赛段总承包修复项目. The China Eximbank loan that supported this project is not included in the Overseas Development Finance Dataset that Boston University’s Global Development Policy Center published in December 2020.

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