Golden temples, Mekong River cruises, mighty waterfalls and nearly two dozen national parks. On paper, Laos has it all. But the land-locked Buddhist country welcomed only around 4.2 million visitors ...
The first China - Laos - Thailand - Malaysia express freight train recently departed from Chengdu, the capital of China’s southwestern Sichuan Province, marking a milestone in regional connectivity.
China’s intense railway expansion has marked a new milestone with the official opening of a new track that pushes beyond its own frontiers into its southern neighbor Laos. The track, China’s first ...
The first cargo train of the China-Laos Railway bound for China left here on Friday afternoon soon after the railway was officially inaugurated. Among the cargo loaded on the train are potash products ...
As Beijing weaves its web of roads and railways through Southeast Asia, a massive Chinese-financed infrastructure project in Laos is quietly reshaping the region’s geopolitical landscape. The $6 ...
Officials of the Lao Ministry of Public Works and Transport brief a media group led by the Chinese Mission to Asean and China Daily in Vientiane on June 24, 2024. - Photo: China Daily/ANN VIENTIANE: ...
Staff members perform a dance on the inaugural train from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province, to Luang Prabang, Laos, on Saturday. WANG JINGYI/XINHUA The China-Laos Railway handled 700,000 passenger trips ...
Laos is one of the few remaining communist countries in the world. Some two-thirds of Laotians still live in rural communities. But a shiny new railway funded by China now cuts through the countryside ...