The confidence index for this rout e is not very high at 2.7. This is due to the fact that there are too many uncontrollabl e factors, especially on the land leg of the journey . Transit via Vietnam is a difficult process. Discrepancies between
ministerial agencies’ strategies relating to transit cargo are one of the main reasons for the very low confidence index of the land leg from Vientiane to Danang. The confidence index for this particular rout e can be increased by providing financial incentives or through personal connections at strategic nodal links such as the Lao Bao (La o PDR)-Houey Kaki (Vietnam) border crossing. The sea leg is less problematic and more reliable.