In July, Swiss travelers Sam Schaer and Jenny Brunner set off on a journey through Yunnan, a province in Southwest China renowned for its rich ethnic diversity and breathtaking landscapes.
The Kunming Dry Port train, part of the China-Laos-Thailand Railway, has begun operations from Anning, Yunnan province, passing through Vientiane and eventually reaching the coastal city of Ranong in Thailand in November. This marks the successful connection of Kunming and Vientiane, two inland cities, to Ranong, on the Indian Ocean.
Three years ago when Souvannalath Koppy read about the opening of the China-Laos Railway he marveled at the technology.
Sipping Lao coffee in Vientiane in the morning and enjoying rice noodles in Kunming by night is a new way of life thanks to the China-Laos Railway.
A key hub of the China-Laos Railway, Mohan railway port in Southwest China's Yunnan province was designated as an international sanitary ground crossing by the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday, according to China Railway Kunming Group Co.
The China-Laos Railway has facilitated over 346,000 cross-border passenger trips and handled roughly 11 million metric tons of cross-border goods over the past three years, boosting socioeconomic development along the line in the two countries.
The eighth Yunnan Student Art Exhibition wrapped up in Kunming, capital of Yunnan province, on Thursday.
