Laos-China high speed railway รถไฟความเร็วสูงลาว-Presentation

The construction of the 421km High-speed railway from the Laos-China border to Vientiane will begin as planned.

Laos and China agreed that construction of the railway would begin in April 2011 to mark the 50th anniversary of Laos-China diplomatic relations and be completed within four years.

Mr Somsavat said that Laos and China signed a memorandum of understanding on the railway in April 2010 after President Choummaly Sayasone and Chinese President Hu Jintao signed an agreement to elevate relations between the two countries to that of 'all round strategic cooperation partners'.

He also said the profile of Laos would be raised as it would be the first country in the region to have a high speed railway.

The railway would be 421km long and include 190km of tunnels and 90km of bridges. It is envisaged that electric trains travelling at 200km per hour would carry passengers and trains travelling at 120 km per hour would carry freight.

There would be five main stations along the line — at Boten, Oudomxay, Luang Prabang, Vangvieng and Vientiane.

Mr Somsavat said construction of the railway would involve 50,000 workers, adding that the project would train workers in Laos while management staff would be sent to China for training.

The railway would form part of the Asean-China rail link, which begins in Yunnan province, China, and runs to Singapore through Laos and Thailand.

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[dask0666]

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[earthyearth]

@Microglia1 corruption bro corruption

[Microglia1]

Stupid Laotians. Now the Chinese will take all your women as they have way too many men. Thai people are very smart not sure why they let this happen? A Chinese railway that run right through Thailand. I mean Thailand repelled Western imperialists why now let the Chinese in?

[shitnamese401]

@Mrwinner0001 laos is better off being friends with china! vietnm wanted to takeover laos and are planning to do the same to cambodia but i think as long as we china they can't mess with us!

[James197511]

Laos laos I live here I not think they will be slave, lao people independent.

[Mrwinner0001]

Laos will no longer be a Slave to Vietnam haha

[Mrwinner0001]

@Hongtairang i agree,and Vietnam has been planing to take over Laos and now they are frustrated,because China and Laos has become Best Freinds.Laos Thanks China

[Hongtairang]

@Baiyue1

Laos don't see China as threat but opputunity to helps develope Laos to becomes a modernize state, not like the Viet dwalf who want to keep Laos backwardness forever...

Lao people realized that as long as they keep listen to Viet they will have no railroad and the hydro dam electricity and that why they turn to China and Thailand for helps. Viet are just like the phillipine, they always lick the white master fat butt and pulling they nose like water buffalo.

[yoesop]

Ay china is good actually they can help Laos besides no one else is helping Laos much. Abs stop calling vista monkeys pol pot was a Cambodian killing his own people so don't blame viet ppl he had a choice. In viet,Laos,Chinese, and Thai i can say that

[xyrules666]

@BAIYUE1

and  all Burmese knows viets are dirtiest jungle money thieves and so got punished by china and they know all viet dwarfs are dirty slave of china, lol