Southwest China's Yunnan Province has speeded its pace to build
four international railways linking Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand,
according to an official with the provincial government.
Vice governor of province Qin Guangrong said that the four
outbound railways are significant to the transport and economic
development of Yunnan province and the three ASEAN countries.
The rails linking Kunming, Yuxi and Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam
have been under smooth construction, and are scheduled for
completion in 2009.
Qin said that his province will strive to start construction
this year for the railway in Mengzi in Yunnan to the Sino-Vietnam
border.
The preparatory work of the China-Myanmar railway expansion
project has been in full swing.
The preliminary work of building Kunming-Bangkok railway has
been launched, which will sharply improve the transport efficiency
between the countries.
(Xinhua News Agency February 11, 2008)