Laos-China railway - last major tunnel drilling through


Photo taken on Sept. 21, 2020 shows the exit of the Ban Phoukeu Tunnel in Muang Nga of Oudomxay Province, Laos. - Xinhua

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): A Chinese railway engineering company on Tuesday (Sept 22) drilled through the Ban Phoukeu Tunnel, the last major long tunnel of nearly 9,000m along the China-Laos Railway.

It marked an important milestone in the construction of the cross-border railway, and laid a solid foundation for the timely completion of the mega project.

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