First int’l freight train from Vientiane arrives in Kunming

The first China-Laos international freight train from Vientiane south railway station in Laos arrived at the Kunming Tengjun inland port, Yunnan province on December 21.

The train consists of 40 open-top railway boxes, loaded with 1,200 tons fine iron ore from Laos to China.

Tengjun is Yunnan’s only national service-oriented logistics hub for commerce. And the international land port features professional teams, warehouses, freight yards and other facilities in Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar for trade facilitation.

Reporting by Zhang Yanqun, Huang Xingneng (Yunnan Daily); Trans-editing by Yang Xuan