The member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) and the delegation along with him, visited this day the Thanelang Dry Port, the first stage of the development of the Vientiane Logistics Park.

Built at 125 million dollars and started up in December 2021 when the China-Laos high-speed train began operating, the port will save transportation costs and time, and allow this nation to become more competitive.

This is a great, new, and innovative idea, Lazo stated, and referred to the importance of this kind of infrastructure for landlocked countries, which is a tragedy for them from an economic point of view.

Lazo, who is also the president of the Cuban Council of State, commented on the principles that guarantee the proper functioning of a port of this nature, including the need for common interests and a thorough economic analysis to back them up.

Lazo took advantage of the exchange with the managers of the Thanelang dry port and the future logistics park of Vientiane to inform them about the characteristics of the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM), whose exceptional bay allows the docking of vessels of any draft.

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