Tunnel on China-Laos railway drilled through


KUNMING, June 29 (Xinhua): A 12km-long tunnel on the Kunming-Vientiane Railway to link China with Laos was drilled through on Monday morning.

The Shitouzhai tunnel, located in Yutang Town, Mojiang County of southwest China's Yunnan Province, is one of the 93 tunnels along the 508km Yuxi-Mohan section of the Kunming-Vientiane Railway.

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