Calls for Laotian firms to make better use of railway


The total freight volume transported by the China-Laos Railway had exceeded 10 million tonnes as of Nov 7. – Reuters

HONG KONG: Businesses in Laos, especially smaller ones, need more support to better seize the opportunities arising from the China-Laos Railway and enhance their competitiveness in regional trade, officials and experts say.

“The China-Laos Railway is a very good project that has been started and implemented successfully. We can see so far, the railway is fully in use,” said Xaybandith Rasphone, president of the Association of the Lao Garment Industry and vice-president of the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

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