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China-Laos railway supports domestic tourism, creates nearly 700 permanent jobs for locals
The new high-speed railway line that connects Laos’ capital Vientiane with the country’s northern border to China and from there leads to Kunming, the...
Laos’ new high-speed railway expected to boost tourism, trade
Expectations are high about the positive impact of the new Chinese-built high-speed railway line that crosses landlocked Laos from north to south. Meanwhile, all...
Laos next target for Chinese tourist “invasion”
With hordes of Chinese tourists overrunning one Southeast Asian country after the other as a result of a new travel freedom and rising spending...
Chinese to build large tourism complex in Laos’ prime party town
A Chinese developer, Yijin Group, is readying to construct a more than $200-million tourism complex at an abandoned airfield in Vang Vieng district, one...
Laos seeks investors for road infrastructure
Laos has invited private investment in national road construction for the first time, media reports said on March 31, as it faces mounting budget...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...