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(KPL/VOV) - An opening ceremony was held in Vientiane on January 1 for a steel mill that is the largest of its kind in Laos.
The mill, owned by an overseas Vietnamese, Mr. Pham Van Hung, has a capacity of 3,000 tonnes of steel per month and an investment capital of USD10 million
Hung, whose Lao name is Kham Hung Xay Cha Lon, built the first steel mill in 2001 with a smaller capacity of 10 tonnes of steel per day.
(KPL/VOV) - An opening ceremony was held in Vientiane on January 1 for a steel mill that is the largest of its kind in Laos.
The mill, owned by an overseas Vietnamese, Mr. Pham Van Hung, has a capacity of 3,000 tonnes of steel per month and an investment capital of US$10 million. Hung, whose Lao name is Kham Hung Xay Cha Lon, built the first steel mill in 2001 with a smaller capacity of 10 tonnes of steel per day.
Currently, his company owns three steel mills and covers an area of 3 hectares. The mills employ about 300 workers, 200 of whom are Lao.
The company has eight sales agents in Vientiane Capital and three other provinces in northern, central and southern Laos.
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