Resisting risks from Covid-19, China-Laos railway keeps extending north

VIENTIANE: Resisting risks from the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the Chinese and Lao engineers and workers are working around the clock to extend the China-Laos railway north to the border.

In Laos capital Vientiane, the early May's scorching sun has not dispersed the risks of the pandemic, while the Chinese and Lao railway builders on the outskirts of the city have been sweating like bulls, struggling to lay rails towards China, as to ensure the completion on time.