China, Laos Sign Cement Production Contract HANOI (Nov. 27) XINHUA - Laos and China today signed a contract on cement production at the Lao Plaza Hotel, Lao official news agency KPL reported. Under the three-year contract, the Chinese side will transfer technology, management and production to Laos to build a cement plant at Vang Vieng. The project will be carried out by the Lao managers, supervisors and workers with the instructions of the Chinese side. The contract was signed by Yan Liankun, manager of the China-Yunnan Corporation for International Techno-Economic Cooperation and Ounheuane Phoumipheng, manager of the Agricultural-Forestry Development Service of Laos.