A train loaded with vegetables arrived in Vientiane, Laos, on Sunday from Kunming, Yunnan province.
Phouphet Kyophilavong said he is delighted that the China-Laos Railway is now in full operation after being opened on Friday despite the difficulties that the pandemic threw in the way.
The opening of the China-Laos Railway on Friday marked the start of a new phase in Laos' strategy to transform itself from a landlocked country to a land-linked hub.
The China-Laos Railway, which starts operations on Friday, is another example of the friendly cooperation between China and other countries under the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and is bound to become a path to prosperity, facilitating communication and exchanges between the two countries.
A train carrying 33 refrigerated containers left Kunming, capital of Southwest China's Yunnan province, for Laos on Saturday.
