Thailand and Laos have agreed to implement a single-stop inspection system at second Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge by the end of this month "A single-stop inspection in the CCA (Common Control Area) will reduce time at the border checkpoint. Any unnecessary procedures will be removed," government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said after a cabinet meeting The common control area on both ends of the bridge will inspect goods and people transiting in commercial vehicles. Trucks and drivers going from Mukdahan to Laos' Savannakhet will be inspected by Thai and Lao customs and immigration officials in Savannakhet, while those entering Thailand from Laos will be checked in Mukdahan, according to Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith. The joint-inspection process will be expanded to cover buses, private vehicles and the general public later, he added The process is part of the Greater Mekong Subregion development to facilitate transport among members, who also include Myanmar, Vietnam and China. The bridge opened