Passengers wait to board a train to Luang Prabang province during the Lao New Year holiday. - Photo: Vientiane Times/ANN
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): Since the start of the Laos-China Railway cross-border service in April 2023, some 150,000 people of 87 nationalities and more than 8 million tons of freight have been transported across the border, providing a huge boost to the tourism industry and economic development alongside the railway.
The figures were reported at an event to mark the first anniversary of the cross-border train service on April 13, held at the Laos-China Railway station in Vientiane and attended by Minister of Information, Culture and Tourism Suanesavanh Vignaket, the Charge d’Affaires at the Chinese Embassy in Laos, Wang Chang, and representatives of the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd, according to Paxason Newspaper.
