FILE PHOTO: A train is ready on the station during the handover ceremony of the high-speed rail project linking the Chinese southwestern city of Kunming with Vientiane in Laos BANGKOK (Reuters) - ...

LAOS: A meeting was held at the Ministry of Public Works and Transport of the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) on Friday to discuss the construction of a new cross-Mekong railway bridge. The ...

Thailand and Laos are set to inaugurate the Fifth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge in December, marking a new milestone in regional transport and economic cooperation.The countries are also moving forward ...

ASEAN Express, a new cross-border freight rail service, is connecting Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, and China in just nine days, significantly faster than the average 14-21 days required for sea transport ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China and Thailand must accelerate the construction of a planned high-speed railway linking the countries, Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi said on Monday, pushing an ambitious ...

Thailand’s government expects its portion of a high-speed railway that will connect it with China through Laos to begin operations by the end of the decade, despite sluggish progress since ...

Southeast Asia is racing into a new era of trade — and it's happening by rail. The launch of the ASEAN Express, a ...

Construction of the Bangkok-Nakhon Ratchasima segment is completed by more than one third. Credit: Vespa_Foto/Shutterstock. Thailand has announced that its section of the high-speed railway, which ...

Just outside the capital of Laos — a country with an economy smaller than Vermont — a $6 billion rail line carves its way through rice paddies and forested mountains toward the border with China.

Laotian Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone delivers a speech during the closing ceremony of the ASEAN Summit, in Vientiane, Laos, Oct. 11, 2024 (AP photo Dita Alangkara). Click to share on Twitter ...