The China-Laos Railway is taking measures to ensure the smooth flow of travelers, amid a surge of passenger traffic during the ongoing Lao New Year holiday.
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00:00 The China-Laos Railway is taking measures to ensure the smooth flow of travelers
00:05 amid a surge of passenger traffic during the ongoing Lao New Year holiday.
00:09 The Lao New Year is the most important festival for Laotians.
00:13 This year's holiday runs from April 13 to 18.
00:17 The ticket management system will be optimized online and offline.
00:21 To cope with the surging passenger flow,
00:24 extra train services are provided from April 12 to 19
00:28 between the capital Vientiane and the Luang Prabang province in Laos.
00:33 The China-Laos Railway connects Kuomintang in southwest China's Yunnan province with Vientiane.
00:39 Travel on the railway is popular because it is convenient, fast and relatively cheap.
00:44 We're going to Luang Prabang.
00:47 We go there for B-Mai to have fun and have some time with friends.
00:52 It's way cheaper first and I find it more safe and it's easier.
00:58 Than the plane, yeah.
01:00 I'm happy. I'm not sad. I'm happy to get on the train.
01:04 I don't want to take the big train. I'm drunk.
01:07 I don't want to take the big train or the small train.
01:10 I don't want to take the train when I'm in Vientiane.
01:14 I don't want to take the private train or the small train. I'm drunk.
01:18 Zaipezerd Mongkhun is a Lao businessman living in France.
01:22 He came back to Laos for the New Year in Luang Prabang province.
01:26 I didn't expect it to be so good.
01:30 I was surprised to see the train was so good.
01:38 Started operation on December 3, 2021.
01:41 The 1,035-kilometer China-Laos Railway is a landmark project of high-quality Belt and Road cooperation.
01:49 It has turned Laos from a landlocked country into a land-linked one.
01:55 For more information, visit www.fema.gov