Houaphanh, Oct. 28 -- Construction began on the Houaphanh provincial Radio and Television Station, a gift from the Vietnamese Government to the Lao Government and people of Houaphanh province, on October 27.

The project has a total investment of 146.4 billion VND (about 5.5 million USD), including 138.6 billion VND in non-refundable aid from the Vietnamese Government and 7.8 billion VND in counterpart funding from the Lao Government.

Designed with modern broadcasting technology, the facility will feature a 3kW digital television transmission system compatible with DTMB and DVB-T2 standards on UHF channel 35, as well as a 5kW FM radio transmitter operating at 104 MHz-both tailored to the province's conditions.

Speaking at the groundbrea...