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This was the second bus accident in Laos within 24 hours on Sunday after 13 Israelis were wounded in a traffic accident in Laos, including some in serious condition..

BANGKOK: Seven Chinese men were tricked into travelling from Laos to Chanuman district, Amnat Charoen province, with promises of work in Thailand, offering good wages.

Thailand says its $13bn high-speed railway to China through Laos will enter service in 2030, South China Morning Post reports.

Thailand started the construction of the high-speed rail network in 2017 under the Chinese government’s Belt and Road Initiative, according to the project’s website. The Thai government is responsible for entire project investment, civil works construction, and application of Chinese construction technologies and railway systems.

By 2030, the US$13 billion Thai network is expected to connect to the Laos-China high-speed railway via a bridge over the Mekong River.

Thailand’s Transport Company announced its plans to use its current slate of 11 bus routes to Laos and Cambodia to boost cross-border travel.

Thailand's high-speed rail project connecting Bangkok to China through Laos has achieved significant progress, with the first phase now over one-third complete

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand expects its 609-km (378 miles) portion of a high-speed railway that will connect it with China through Laos to begin operations in 2030, its government said on Wednesday, nearly a decade later than originally planned.

Laos' government hopes new hotels, roads and a train system will put the country on visitors’ lists. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Thai police said on Friday that a coordination centre would be set up at the national police headquarters in Bangkok and Chinese authorities plan to set up another one in Thailand's Mae Sot district, which borders Myanmar's Myawaddy, a major hub for the scam call centres.