1st track laid as China-Laos railway construction proceeds steadily

Photo taken on March 27, 2020 shows the first track laying ceremony of China-Laos railway in Vientiane, Laos. With its first 500-meter-long rail steadily laid on the subgrade, the China-Laos railway kicked off its track laying work on Friday in Lao capital Vientiane. The rail is the longest one outside China in Asia and it was also the first time the CYP500 track laying machine has been used in railway construction in Southeast Asia, said Hu Bin, project manager of the China Railway No. 2 Engineering Group (CREC-2). (Photo by Kaikeo Saiyasane/Xinhua)