GLOBALink | Railway-resettled villagers move into new homes with new hopes

STORY: Railway-resettled villagers move into new homes with new hopes DATELINE: April 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:11 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony on the resettlement and a calligraphy and drawing competition themed "For Shared Future" 2. various of the village and locals 3. SOUNDBITE (Laos): THONGVAN VATTHANAPHONE, Village chief 4. various of China-Laos Railway STORYLINE: The Lao villagers resettled for the construction of the China-Laos Railway are moving into new houses. A Chinese firm, NORINCO International Cooperation Ltd., has built the resettlement village in Xiang Ngeun district of Luang Prabang province, some 220 km north of the Lao capital Vientiane. Lao Minister of Public Works and Transport Viengsavath Siphandone said that the success of the Buam Aor Resettlement Village Project has brought well-being to the village. Village chief Thongvan Vatthanaphone said in the past, some villagers had to live in grass huts, but now, their cement houses are very