Sekong Province in southern Laos began construction of a new hospital on 1 April, funded by the authorities of Da Nang City, Vietnam, in a move that further deepens ties between the two neighboring nations.
The new Da Nang-Sekong Friendship Hospital, located in Thataeng district, carries an investment value of USD 6.7 million and a construction period of three years.
The project will deliver a two-story hospital building, staff dormitory, cafeteria, laundry room, mortuary, waste treatment facility, generator house, and full technical infrastructure.
Lao company Chaleunsok has been appointed as the construction contractor.
Once operational, the hospital is expected to play a vital role in improving the quality of healthcare, examinations, and treatment for ethnic communities in Thataeng district and surrounding areas.
In particular, the facility aims to ease the longstanding challenges posed by geographic remoteness and limited economic resources that have long affected local residents’ access to medical care.
Beyond its healthcare impact, Sekong authorities described the project as a gift from Da Nang authorities and called it a symbol of the close and brotherly friendship between Laos and Vietnam, one built on the “spirit of being of one mind” and “sharing joys and sorrows.”
