Web2 days ago · The $5.4-billion line aims to connect Bangkok to Kunming in China via Laos by 2028 -- another piece in Beijing's vast "Belt and Road" infrastructure initiative that sprawls across Asia. Web1 day ago · As of Sunday, 13.93 million domestic passenger trips had been handled and 18.38 million tonnes of cargo transported on the China-Laos Railway. Enditem Print E-mail
Laos: From Landlocked to High-Speed Rail-Linked
Web1 day ago · The China-Laos Railway started cross-border passenger services on Thursday, a move that is expected to boost regional connectivity. (Xinhua/Hu Chao) Passengers pose for a photo aboard the first cross-border passenger train from Kunming, southwest China's Yunnan Province to the Lao capital Vientiane on April 13, 2024. WebDec 12, 2013 · In China’s southwestern Yunnan province, a drive from Kunming to Jinghong, the Dai cultural capital of Sipsongpanna (Xishuangbanna) prefecture took up to 24 hours and another six hours to the Lao PDR border at Boten. China completed its portion of the highway to in late 2007. col-pary wizard glasses and tattoos
No End In Sight for Trucks in Laos Stranded at Chinese Border
WebOne of the largest infrastructure investments in Laos, the Boten Special Economic Zone (SEZ) or ‘Boten Beautiful Land’, is a 10-billion-USD Chinese-built and funded zone. The … WebAug 30, 2024 · August 30, 2024. 0. 2540. Trucks from Laos stranded at the Laos-China border at Boten, Luang Namtha province. (Photo: RFA) Strict Covid-19 controls by China have meant cargo trucks from Laos have been unable to deliver freight, leaving thousands of trucks stranded at the border gate in Boten. The problem has been ongoing since the … WebOct 13, 2024 · However nothing prepared me for Boten the border crossing between Laos and China. I had just left Luang Namtha three hours earlier and border the only bus heading to Jinhong in China. I should have bought the ticket at the station as the hotel marked up 30.000 kip on top of the regular 90.000 kip ticket price. col paris davis early life