Deputy Foreign Minister Phongsavat Boupha and his Vietnamese counterpart, Le Cong Phung, cut ribbons at the Sobhoun Gate in Laos' Phongsaly province and the Tay Trang crossing in Dien Bien province.

The gates are expected to help northern Lao business people boost trade and tourism cooperation with Vietnam, China, Thailand and Burma.

Rice expo longer

The exhibition on "The King and Thai Rice" in the Impact Convention Centre at Muang Thong Thani will now run until next Tuesday instead of two days.

The exhibition has been extended in view of the public response seen at the opening yesterday.