to the administrative impediments that may be encountered when transiting
through Vietnam; also the distance from Vientiane to Bangkok (650 km) is
shorter than to Danang (1060 km). The transit time is also much more
competitive with only one day from Vientiane to Bangkok compared to 3 to 4
days (if all the paperwork is in order) to Danang. The total transport cost via
Bangkok to Rotterdam is 2,476.8 USD with a transit time of 30/31 days. As
expected, the sea leg is again the dominant mode with more than 96 percent of
the total journey by sea and represents around 60 percent of the total transport
cost. Other charges (including Customs) are not as high as on the Vientiane- Danang route as they only represent a little more than 12 percent of the total
transport cost (see Figure 5)