Full steam ahead for Asean's engineering marvel - the Laos-China railway


VIENTIANE, Jan 24 (China Daily/ANN): With a track-laying machine slowly entering the railway station in the Lao city of Luang Prabang, 2020 closed out with yet another major step forward in a project that will connect the country with China by high-speed rail services.

The progress at the Luang Prabang work site-in the face of technical difficulties and the challenges caused by the coronavirus-has fueled optimism that the entire rail line can be connected this year under a year-end goal for a start to services.

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