Friday, August 20, 2010
By Ian Timberlake (AFP)
HANOI — A "bold" plan for a railway system connecting more than 300 million people who live around one of the world's great rivers, the Mekong, was approved Friday, officials said.
Ministers from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam adopted the plan which they called "a significant first step toward the development of an integrated... railway system".
The six nations' national railway systems do not link up except for a line that connects China and Vietnam, and Laos has no rail network at all.
The plan cites four possible ways of connecting the railways but it says the most viable route would stretch from Bangkok to Phnom Penh, then Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, and finally up to Nanning and Kunming, largely using existing lines or those already under construction.
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Ministers from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam adopted the plan which they called "a significant first step toward the development of an integrated... railway system".
The six nations' national railway systems do not link up except for a line that connects China and Vietnam, and Laos has no rail network at all.
The plan cites four possible ways of connecting the railways but it says the most viable route would stretch from Bangkok to Phnom Penh, then Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, and finally up to Nanning and Kunming, largely using existing lines or those already under construction.
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