Yesterday I used to say Originally, goods from China to Europe had to go through the Silk Road, which was land transportation. Subsequently, there was a voyage through the Cape of Good Hope. Shipping by boat is still very time consuming. So people still use transportation from China to Europe via the Silk Road. Until 1959-1869, the Suez Canal was dug, linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea, 163 kilometers from Suez to Port Said. and opened on November 16, 1869. Transportation that originally passed through the Cape of Good Hope and along the Silk Road overland from China to Europe was reduced.
Cities along the Silk Road that once bustled with people shipping goods from China to Europe are now as silent as cemeteries. People turned to the ship transport that traveled through the Suez Canal. My family first visited Uzbekistan in 1991. By 2003, we were doing documentaries in Central Asian cities. At that time, cities It was still as quiet as a cemetery.
Until Chinese President Xi Jinping, on a visit to Central Asia in September 2013 and to Southeast Asia in October 2013, proposed the initiative to jointly build the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road with relevant countries. Say, “We will coordinate the linking policy. infrastructure convenient trade Financial circulation and people’s trust by discussing, creating and sharing are the principles that truly bring happiness to the country and the people along the way.”
Belt and Road, which Xi said covers countries and areas in East Asia. Southeast Asia, South Asia, West Asia, Central Asia and Eastern Europe The concrete thing that has been successfully completed is the Vientiane-Boten railway line. (Or the China-Laos Railway), which is a standard gauge railway, 1.435 meters long, 414 kilometers north of the China-Laos Railway. connecting the Kunming-Bohan Railway The south connects to the Nong Khai – Tha Na Leng railway line. connecting the Bo Han checkpoint Tai Autonomous Region China’s Xishuangbanna with Boten of Lao PDR through Luang Prabang and the end of the route at Vientiane Capital
Started building in 2016 and opened for service on December 3, 2021, all railway lines, all connections that I mentioned. It is part of the Kunming-Singapore Railway.
3-5 August 2023 Neighboring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency (Public Organization) or NEDA invites the media to visit Luang Prabang and ride the Vientiane-Boten train line. From Luang Prabang to Vientiane for the Thai media to see an overview of the rail transportation network that will connect from Singapore to Thailand, Laos, China, Central Asia, Russia, Eastern Europe and to Western Europe
On arrival in Vientiane We have seen the cooperation projects of Vientiane City. Listen to the executive briefing of Vientiane Railway Station. (Ban Kham Sawat) After that, we went to watch and listen to the lectures of the director of Tha Bok Thanaleng Project and Vientiane Metropolitan Logistics Area.
The government of Lao PDR has set the infrastructure development plan as one of the main goals of the 9th National Economic and Social Development Plan (2021-2025) to upgrade Lao PDR from a landlocked country to a center of economic development. Linked in the sub-region (land-locked to land-linked) and a bridge connecting the economy with the region. Including the LLL or Lao Logistics Link policy.
The Lao Ministry of Planning and Investment has granted a 50-year concession to Vientiane Logistics Park Co., Ltd. (VLP), a subsidiary of the company. Sidti Logistics Lao Co., Ltd. to be the developer of the land port and the Vientiane Metropolitan Logistics Zone on an area of 2,387.5 rai, with a construction cost of US$ 727 million.
Thanaleng port+Vientiane capital logistics zone This is an ‘international checkpoint’ providing customs clearance services for 1. International import-export goods and 2. International transit goods which has been open since 13 December 2021 onwards
Let’s continue tomorrow.
Nitikarun Mingruchiralai
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2023-08-07 22:48:00