China opens second expressway linking Laos


KUNMING (Xinhua): Yunnan Province in southwest China on Wednesday (Sept 30) opened the country's second expressway linking Laos to traffic.

The 49-km expressway is in the Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, connecting the Mengla County and Mengman, a land port on the China-Laos border, according to the transport bureau in Xishuangbanna.

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