GLOBALink | Freight trains depart from China's Greater Bay Area to Lao capital

Two freight trains left Shenzhen and Guangzhou in south China's Guangdong Province respectively for Lao capital Vientiane on Friday.

They were the first China-Laos freight trains launched in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in south China.

Carrying 107 containers, the trains will travel on the newly opened China-Laos Railway.

With a length of 1,035 km, the China-Laos Railway connects Kunming in southwest China's Yunnan Province with Vientiane.

The railway was put into service on Friday.

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