Lao Airlines Opens Danang Service

Lao Airlines will open a new route in mid-April from Pakxe and Savannakhet in southern Laos to Danang in Vietnam.
Vietnam press reported that Danang's Department of Culture, Sports, and Tourism and Lao Airlines have agreed on rights for the airline to start the Pakxe - Savannakhet - Danang service in mid-April in time for the traditional Lao New Year celebrations.
The route will operate on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, using a 65-seat ATR72 aircraft, TTR Weekly reported.
The flight will depart Pakxe at 09:00, stop in Savannakhet, and then take off to Danang, arriving at 11:40. The flight returns at 14:10 and lands in Pakxe at around 17:00.
Lao Airlines told the press that passengers would mainly be Vietnamese living in and around Savannakhet. There is an estimated 7,000 Vietnamese living in the area, according to TTR Weekly.

Electric Vehicles Operated in Da Nang

In the morning of March 29, the Thinh Hung Trade & Tourism Co. Ltd put 10 electric vehicles (of 6 seat types) into use in the coastal tourism routines with routes from Pham Van Dong street, passing Truong Sa to Son Tra peninsula and from Pham Van Dong, passing Truong Sa to the Marble Mountains (Da Nang). 

Representatives from Thinh Thung Co. Ltd said, they will invest 15 electric vehicles in 2012 with the total capital of 3.7 billion dongs ($180,000).
According to the Da nang Department of Transportation, after the pilot use at the coastal routines, more electric vehicles will be operated in other different routes in Da nang. The hiring cost is 250,000dongs ($12)/ hour. These electric vehicles help to serve the traveling demand of tourists, contributing to the variety of tourism products and simultaneously reduce road accidents and traffic jams.