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BEIJING--Laos, a nation of 7 million people wedged between China, Vietnam and Thailand, is opening a $5.9 billion Chinese-built railway that links China's poor southwest to foreign markets but piles ...
News Laos » Vientiane Capital » Commerce: Visiting Vientiane, the world’s youngest Communist capital
Aditta Kittikhoun has learned to anticipate the question. No, not Thailand, but it’s next to Thailand. No, not China, but it’s next to China. No, not Vietnam, but it’s next to Vietnam. Kittikhoun, who ...
News Laos » Vientiane Capital » Commerce: Visit marks a new stage in China-Laos ties
In reality, it revealed something much deeper about where China-Laos relations are heading. Twenty years ago, a Lao leader visiting China would likely have focused on roads, bridges, hydropower ...
News Laos » Vientiane Capital » Commerce: Lao alumni from "67" School reunite to celebrate Laos-China friendship
VIENTIANE: "We will never forget the kindness of the Chinese people," said Somsanouk Phanthavong, an alumnus of the "67" School, at a recent alumni gathering in Vientiane.