CHINA-LAOS RAILWAY-OPERATION-HALF A YEAR

(220603) -- VIENTIANE, June 3, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A worker of the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC) examines a bullet train at the Vientiane Station of the railway in Laos on May 28, 2022. The China-Laos Railway, half a year into its operation, has delivered more than 4 million tonnes of freight as of Thursday, China's railway operator said. As a landmark project under the Belt and Road Initiative, the 1,035-km railway connects China's Kunming with the Laotian capital Vientiane. (Photo by Di Tengjiao/Xinhua)