Laos vs. Vietnam
Transportation
| Laos | Vietnam |
|---|
| Roadways | total: 39,586 km (2009)
paved: 5,415 km (2009)
unpaved: 34,171 km (2009) | total: 195,468 km (2013)
paved: 148,338 km (2013)
unpaved: 47,130 km (2013) |
| Waterways | 4,600 km (primarily on the Mekong River and its tributaries; 2,900 additional km are intermittently navigable by craft drawing less than 0.5 m) (2012) | 47,130 km (30,831 km weight under 50 tons) (2011) |
| Pipelines | 540 km refined products (2013) | 72 km condensate, 398 km condensate/gas, 955 km gas, 128 km oil, 33 km oil/gas/water, 206 km refined products, 13 km water (2013) |
| Merchant marine | total: 1
by type: general cargo 1 (2020) | total: 1,909
by type: bulk carrier 102, container ship 40, general cargo 1,196, oil tanker 121, other 450 (2020) |
| Airports | total: 41 (2013) | total: 45 (2013) |
| Airports - with paved runways | total: 8 (2017)
2,438 to 3,047 m: 3 (2017)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 4 (2017)
914 to 1,523 m: 1 (2017) | total: 38 (2013)
over 3,047 m: 10 (2013)
2,438 to 3,047 m: 6 (2013)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 13 (2013)
914 to 1,523 m: 9 (2013) |
| Airports - with unpaved runways | total: 33 (2013)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 2 (2013)
914 to 1,523 m: 9 (2013)
under 914 m: 22 (2013) | total: 7 (2013)
1,524 to 2,437 m: 1 (2013)
914 to 1,523 m: 3 (2013)
under 914 m: 3 (2013) |
| National air transport system | number of registered air carriers: 1 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 12
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 1,251,961 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 1.53 million mt-km (2018) | number of registered air carriers: 5 (2020)
inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers: 224
annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers: 47,049,671 (2018)
annual freight traffic on registered air carriers: 481.37 million mt-km (2018) |
| Civil aircraft registration country code prefix | RDPL | VN |
Source: CIA Factbook
