Across Asia, once-backward regions have surged in the boom that's lifted millions out of poverty--monuments to the Asian economic miracle. But there have been grand schemes that went spectacularly ...

In April 2023, the Boten-Vientiane line in Laos welcomed its first passengers. This high-speed train, a symbol of Beijing’s New Silk Road initiative, connects the Laotian capital Vientiane to southern ...

Chinese people walk outside a casino in the border town of Boten in 2011. Laos is ending gambling in the former casino enclave of Boten on the Chinese border because of worries about crime, state ...

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Section 4 will run from Oudomxay to Boten - a border crossing on the Lao side that links with China’s Mohan border gate. - Wikipedia VIENTIANE: Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith has urged a ...

The recently signed Joint General Scheme of Mohan–Boten Economic Cooperation Zone is the first cross-border economic cooperation zone that China has established in Laos and, for that matter, in the ...

VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): The government will take action to tackle the problem of congestion at the Boten International Checkpoint, through which haulage trucks from Laos must ...

Boten Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in northern Laos bordering China is anticipating investment of at least 10 billion U.S. dollars to fully develop the site, according to a zone representative. The ...

At 4 p.m. every Friday, 12-year-old Wang Chao and his classmate Li Xiaojin finish class in China’s southwestern province of Yunnan, gather their belongings, and set off on foot toward the Lao border.

VIENTIANE:The Laos-China high-speed railway is expected to fulfil Laos' ambition of becoming a major regional land link offering greater connectivity and better access to trade opportunities. Also ...

Three subsidiaries of China Railway Group (CRG) have secured a CNY8.1bn ($1.2bn) contract from Laos-China Railway to perform civil works on sections I, II and III of the Boten-Vientiane railway ...

Workers speed up construction of the railway tunnel connecting Southwest China's Yunnan province and Laos in May. The tunnel is expected to benefit both countries.[Photo by Yuan Wenlang/Xinhua] In ...