A fisherman is seen near Chao Lao Beach in Thailand’s Chanthaburi Province. Photo by Reuters
The Thai government is constructing a new bridge to link Chanthaburi province in eastern Thailand with Pailin province in Cambodia, with an estimated cost of 15 million baht (US$431,400).
During his visit to the Ban Pakkad border checkpoint in Pong Nam Rong district on Nov. 21, Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul highlighted the bridge’s potential to boost cross-border trade and tourism between the two nations.
Named the New Chanthaburi-Pailin Friendship Bridge, this concrete structure will replace the temporary steel bridge currently connecting the two…































