“Laos’ BRI Projects Deliver Tangible Benefits, Not a Debt Trap” – Diplomat
The belt and road initiative is bringing tangible benefits for both countries and is not a debt trap according to chinese diplomat.
Read moreThe belt and road initiative is bringing tangible benefits for both countries and is not a debt trap according to chinese diplomat.
Read morePassengers travelling to Xishuangbanna are expected to get visa prior to departure .
Read moreThe first train making a direct journey from Vientiane to Kunming in China left the Lao capital on Thursday morning.
Read moreThe cross-border service of Laos-China railway will open a day before Pi Mai Lao 2023.
Read moreLao Prime Minister urge the rail operator to improve its services to give passenger a better experience.
Read moreTransport costs are not the only problem facing the country, but reducing them could help spur progress in other areas.
Read moreAll seven freight stations on the Laos-China Railway are now operational following the opening of Xay station in Oudomxay province on Tuesday.
Read moreThe Association of Thai Travel Agents (Atta) believes that about 3 million Chinese tourists may use the almost 423 km long electrified railway that runs between the Lao capital of Vientiane and Boten town in northern Laos bordering China.
Read moreCross-border tourism flows increase, and fresh goods exports find new markets
Read moreThe lack of seats and the difficulty in obtaining tickets led passengers to make complaints on social media about the problems encountered, with many people having to wait for hours in long lines to buy tickets. This forced the company to expand its services.
Read moreLand surrounding a new railway station in the capital is in high demand, sources say.
Read moreA track change station was officially opened at the Vientiane Logistics Park on Friday, creating an official link between the Laos-China Railway and the Laos-Thailand Railway.
Read moreExpansion of the route makes Thailand a ‘China Plus One’ Option
Read moreLaos-China Railway Company Limited opened a ticket office in Luang Prabang city on Thursday, giving rail passengers an option to queueing for tickets at the station.
Read moreLao authorities will ask their Chinese counterparts to consider reopening more border crossings to allow trucks carrying goods to enter China as hundreds remain stranded at the Boten-Mohan crossing on the Laos-China border.
Read moreThe government is aiming for a trade surplus of at least US$1.55 billion this year, despite the country’s economic difficulties triggered by the Covid pandemic.
Read morePassengers on the Laos-China Railway may purchase only two tickets at a time and must present their ID card and Covid-19 vaccination certificate when buying tickets at the new sales outlet in the city centre
Read moreThe Laos-China Railway Company has announced it will operate a slower-speed train in addition to the two existing high-speed EMU trains to meet the growing needs of passengers.
Read moreTickets for travel on the Laos-China Railway will soon go on sale at the Vientiane Center
Read moreLCRC also asked the government to counter negative publicity concerning the railway as well as for assistance with other issues
Read moreComments posted on social media say some people are buying tickets from the railway operator and selling them on at an inflated price.
Read moreA high-speed railway connecting China’s southwest with Laos has been given the thumbs-up-even before services get underway this coming week
Read moreThe government is set to hold talks with business operators to encourage them to produce more of the goods required by Chinese buyers
Read moreThe symbol of the Lao flag with its three colours has inspired the design of the first train that will run on the Laos-China Railway.
Read morePrime Minister Phankham Viphavanh said on Wednesday that the Laos-China Railway will open on December 2 – the day when the Lao PDR will celebrate its 46th anniversary.
Read moreMost of the stations on the Laos-China Railway are now complete ahead of the planned opening of the railway in December.
Read moreThe first trial run of a train on the under-construction Laos-China railway is scheduled to take place in August.
Read moreOnce opened, the Laos-China Railway promises to be a significant engine of business development in Laos.
Read moreThe Laos-China Railway Power Supply Project has been completed on schedule, paving the way for the planned operation of the railway in December.
Read moreThe China-Laos railway tracks have successfully extended from Lao capital Vientiane to northern Laos’ transport hub Luang Prabang on Tuesday, thus accomplishing all the construction targets set at the beginning of 2020.
Read moreThe first section of electrical high-voltage power cable for China-Laos Railway has been successfully laid in position.
Read moreConstruction of the Laos-China railway is progressing as planned despite the obstacles posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Read moreThe railway is currently about 70 percent complete and is scheduled for completion at the end of 2021.
Read morePM Thongloun pushes back against warnings over infrastructure burden
Read moreConstruction of the 409-km Laos-China railway was 20.3 percent complete as of December 2017 after a whole year of operations, Lao authorities in charge said last week.
The US$5.986 billion project has a re-scheduled completion date of
An ambitious $6 billion high-speed railway project in Laos that would link China with the Laotian capital of Vientiane on the Thai border is meant to be a symbol of cooperation under Chinese President Xi Jinping’s flagship Belt and Road Initiative. But with Beijing calling the shots and leaving out locals, it has instead become another example of the pitfalls faced by small Southeast Asian countries in relying economically on their much larger neighbor.
Read moreIn northern and central Laos,mountains seem to reign the area where population is scarce. There was almost nothing but primeval forests and traces of slash-and-burn cultivation left by mountainous residents.
However, since December 2016, within half a year since the beginning of …
The Laos-China railway is planning to be officially operational in December 2021 with many tunnels already being bored
Read moreThe boring of tunnels for the Laos-China railway is expected to begin in the next few weeks following a groundbreaking ceremony to kick off construction of the project in December last year.
The tunnel entrances have been earmarked and concreted in preparation for boring, the ….