New EMU train of China-Laos Railway to serve Lao festival travel rush

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New EMU train of China-Laos Railway to serve Lao festival travel rush

STORY: New EMU train of China-Laos Railway to serve Lao festival travel rush DATELINE: April 11, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Vientiane CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the EMU train STORYLINE: The third Lane Xang EMU train for the China-Laos Railway has arrived in the Lao capital Vientiane in order to serve the upcoming travel rush during the Lao New Year festival to be celebrated in mid-April. The third Lane Xang high-speed EMU (electric multiple unit) train, which arrived in Vientiane on Saturday night, was manufactured in Qingdao in eastern China, according to the Laos-China Railway Company (LCRC), a joint venture running the railway's Lao section. The new train will run between Vientiane and Muangxay, a town in northern Laos. Laos will celebrate Songkran or the Lao New Year from April 14 to 16. It is a very important traditional festival in the Southeast Asian country, and the Lao section of the China-Laos Railway will embrace its first festival travel rush since the start of its o

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