Thai Media: Chinese and Lao Lao Railway brings the gospel to the Thais

Thailand's "Bangkok Post" on September 2nd article, original title: Old and Central Railway brings the Gospel Laoshid high -speed railway to the Thais. This railway is part of the joint construction of the “Belt and Road” initiative, and it is also part of the Kunming-Singapore-Singapore railway project through Laos, Thailand and Malaysia. Since opening, this railway has brought cheap and fast travel models, and also provided tourists -especially tourists from Thailand with the opportunity to visit Langprabon. The latter was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is also one of the sites along the railway. Immigration officers said that from May 9th to July 31st on Laos' re -open border, 250,000 people from the Thai side visited Laos. Laos tourists similar to people also enter Thailand. During this period, the cross -border tourism industry created about 800 million baht.

The Laozhong Railway also connects the Tanaron Land Port and the Vientiane Logistics Park (Laos's first comprehensive logistics park). The person in charge of the Vientiane Logistics Park said that the two promoted the cross -border logistics from Thailand and the transportation of goods from ASEAN. Consumers and farmers benefit from fast transportation. "

Carrying out the Tanaren Land Port project aims to undertake a freight container from Thailand at a speed of about 800 containers per day. In terms of economy and trade, the opening of this railway has strengthened the strategic importance of the land port. In the first half of this year, the cross -border trade volume between the old Thailand was estimated to exceed 120 billion baht. It is expected to increase to 200 billion baht in the second half of the year.

China is not the ultimate destination of all products transported by the land port, and they can also be transported to the European market along the China -Europe Railway route. By built Laotai Railway, goods from China will also be transported to Thai customers through the land port. (Author Aung Nucha Fu Daxin, Ding Yan translated)

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