The Lao Government and the Laos–Viet Nam Railway Co. Ltd have officially signed a concession agreement for the design, construction, capital mobilisation, operation and maintenance of the Laos–Viet Nam railway project, covering the section from Thakhek town in Khammouane province, central Laos, to the Mu Gia border area in Viet Nam's former Quang Binh province (now Quang Tri).