In 2006, the Second Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge from Mukdahan to Savannakhet, Laos was opened.

The Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, which connects the two countries, was built jointly by the governments of Thailand, Laos and Australia, and was opened in 1994.

Professor Charles F. Keyes argues for the value of the ancient forms as geomythology: " The Thai-Lao people of northeastern Thailand have a well-developed tradition of ' legends ' ( nithān ) which has been perpetuated in past through the media of folk opera ... known as mō lam mū ... no small number record events which happened ' long ago ' on the Khorat Plateau ... ot historical accounts, they are not totally lacking in historical value.

Nong Khai is connected to Laos via the First Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge, which permits direct traffic to Vientiane via road and rail ( in the latter case, via Thanaleng Railway Station ).

Based in Bangkok, he supported guerilla-style military operations along the Thai-Lao border, and inside Laos, and in the early 1980s he established a Lao government-in-exile, although he did not receive substantial international support.

It is situated on the Mekong River and is the site of the first Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge across to Laos. The Thai-Lao Friendship bridge was largely funded by a gift to the Lao Government by the Australian Keating Labour Government.

Thai-Lao people reciting storyCharles F Keyes in 1974 wrote:

The " Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge ", between Vientiane Prefecture and Nong Khai Province, Thailand, was inaugurated in April 1994.

In January 2007 work began on a 3. 5 km extension of the metre-gauge State Railway of Thailand network across the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge to Thanaleng Railway Station, a new passenger and freight terminal in Dongphosy village, 20 km east of Vientiane.

Laos is connected across the Mekong to Thailand by First and Second Thai-Lao Friendship Bridges.

The Third Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge began construction in March 2009 linking Nakhon Phanom province in northeastern Thailand and Khammouan province in Laos.

The Fourth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge is under construction and is hoped to be completed by December 2012 linking Kunming to Bokeo, Laos and Chiang Rai.

The city is bisected by Mithraphap Road, also known as ' Friendship Highway ', or ' Highway 2 ', the road linking Bangkok to the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge.

In 2007, the Second Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge across the Mekong River from Savannakhet to Mukdahan, Thailand was opened.

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