Everyone has heard of the "Golden Triangle", which is a triangle formed by the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar, and the reason why it is called the "Golden Triangle" must be known to all partners, and it will not be explained here.
However, although this is the case in all three countries, China has good friendly commercial relations with Thailand, Laos and Myanmar, especially Laos, and China has assisted the country and helped build a railway to promote the economic situation of Laos.
After this railway, Laos' economic situation has a good development trend, on the other hand, Vietnam, which is a neighboring country with Laos, has repented and visited the door to say that he chose to join the Chinese railway, so what happened? Let's take a look and elaborate together!
China-Laos Kunwan Railway
Small partners who pay attention to geography must know that Laos is a landlocked country, and the only geographical defect is that there is no port, so that Laos' foreign trade and economic development is not good.
However, it is surprising that Laos, as a landlocked country, has not actually developed well in terms of domestic trade, so much so that it has become one of the least developed countries and has serious problems in economic development.
Later, according to the understanding, it was found that the total operating mileage of domestic railways in Laos is only 3.5 kilometers. That's 3-4 minutes for a 60-kilometer car to drive.
This is undoubtedly not enough for a country with an area of 236,800 square kilometers, so the mainland, as a neighboring country, has reached out to help.
From 2010 until the completion of construction in December 2021, the China-Laos Kunwan Railway directly connecting Kunming City in China and Vientiane City in Laos was completed, with a total length of 1,035 kilometers.
China bears 70% of the construction cost of the entire railway and Laos bears 30%, but in fact, 30% of the construction cost of the entire railway is still lent by China to the other side.
Not only that, the China-Laos Kunwan Railway also brought a lot of Chinese tourists to Laos, promoted the economic operation, and provided 100,000 jobs for Laos during the construction period, which really gave Laos a taste of sweetness!
Vietnam has been prevaricated by Japan many times, and its intestines are repentant
In addition to Laos, in fact, in 2010, the mainland also launched an invitation to Vietnam to build a railway, but Vietnam did not choose to accept, but turned to Japan to ask for help in construction.
But Japan was not as friendly as Vietnam imagined, but the lion opened its mouth to ask for a price of 400 billion yuan, perhaps because it could not let go or still believed in Japan, Vietnam finally agreed.
However, the result was not as expected by Vietnam, Japan did not make any progress in the construction of railways, but prevaricated Vietnam again and again, and still replied to Vietnam that it would take 2035 to complete it.
Finally, when Vietnam couldn't bear it, it saw the China-Laos Kunwan Railway built by Laos and China, and for Vietnam, the intestines were repentant! Finally, China said that it would merge with China Railway.
To the end
Later, of course, I agreed, as a country in Southeast Asia, plus it is a neighboring country, and the merger is itself a win-win situation, and the economic development of both sides will be improved.
Not only that, the economic and trade exchanges between China and Vietnam are quite close, and they also have better results for their own trade development, and the original two sides can have a prosperous economic level in the future.
But to make a digression, Japan offered Laos 400 billion yuan, did Laos give or not? If you know, welcome to leave a comment in the comment area!