Construction of China-Laos railway power supply project starts

Aerial photo taken on March 15, 2020 shows workers planting the first engineering pole at the construction site of the China-Laos railway project in Vientiane, Laos. - Xinhua

VIENTIANE (Xinhua): The power supply project for the China-Laos railway, which was fully carried out on Wednesday (March 18), lays foundation for its scheduled operation in 2021.

Along all the four bidding sections of the project in northern Laos, Chinese and Lao engineers cast concrete to cement the first four power tower foundations along the railway.