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Construction in the Special Economic Zone in the Golden Triangle
Near the famed golden triangle where Laos, Thailand and Burma meet, a Chinese company plans to turn huge tracts of jungle and farmland once associated with the opium trade into a tourism magnet.
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The Golden Triangle Village. (D. Schearf/VOA)
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A Lao woman who is a resident in the village. (D. Schearf/VOA)
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Ouy Kham, a Lao resident of the relocation village says there are not enough trees to grow food. (D. Schearf/VOA)
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A billboard advertising a future golf course in the special economic zone. (D. Schearf/VOA)