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Laos, China and Thailand are set to hold talks in moves to ensure the rail syste
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China will invite Lao authorities to join discussions between Chinese and Thai o
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reported citing a source from the Transport Ministry of Thailand.
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speed train system from Nong Khai to Vientiane during their talks last week in B
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across borders, Bangkok Post reported.
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The Lao side has not yet been informed about the talks, Deputy Minister of Pub
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Chairman of the Laos-China Railway Construction Project Management Commi
Khounnivong said.
Construction of the 409-km Laos-China railway project linking the Laos-China b
20.3 percent completed as of December 2017.
The US$5.986 billion rail line will form part of the planned regional railway netw
province and its capital Kunming to Singapore via Laos, Thailand and Malaysia.
“Since our systems will be connected, such a meeting must be held to discuss r
Lattanamany said.
Lao and Thai technical officials have worked together to identify the location wh
be built to facilitate the linkage between the Lao and Thai systems.
An additional 10 km under the Laos-China Railway project will be developed to
train station in Xay village, Xaythany district, Vientiane to the Lao side of the pla
Support for the additional line has been earmarked, but the location of the plann
approved by the Lao and Thai governments. Once the planned bridge location i
of the additional line can be identified and officials in charge can proceed with fu
Lattanamany said.
Construction of the Laos-China Railway project is scheduled to be completed by
Meanwhile, piling work of the first phase of the China-Thai high-speed rail netwo
Nakhon Ratchasima, worth 179 billion baht (more than US$5.6 billion), kicked o
The initial construction, under the Highways Department, covers 3.5km from Kla

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Nakhon Ratchasima and is worth 425 million baht (more than US$13.3 million),
is the first section of the 615-km Thai-Sino rail network linking Bangkok with No
The total investment is valued at 530 billion baht (more than US$16.7 billion).
Chinese and Thai authorities are working together to proceed with the second p
Nakhon Ratchasima-Nong Khai.

By Times Reporters
(Latest Update February 13, 2018)

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