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Railway tunnel in Laos

A Chinese engineering company completed on Sunday the first 1,000-meter-plus tunnel along the China-Laos railway.

The Nateuy No.1 Tunnel, some 360 kilometers north of the Lao capital Vientiane, is located in the northern Lao province of Luang Namtha bordering China in the north.

Huang Zongwen, a senior official with the China Railway No.5 Engineering Group, which is in charge of the tunnel’s construction, said the construction of the Nateuy No.1 Tunnel, which began on June 3, 2017. “That the tunnel passes soft rocks all the way in the mountain, brought some difficulties in construction and especially, affected the digging pace,” Huang said.

Regional office in Ethiopia

With a fast-growing presence in Ethiopia, China Communications Construction Co (CCCC) is set to open a regional office in the east African country, an official said on Sunday.

Deputy General Manager of CCCC’s east Africa branch, Wei Qiangyu, said the plan to establish a regional office in Ethiopia was made as the size of the company’s business in the country as well as in other regional countries like Kenya and Uganda is fast increasing, the Xinhua News Agency reported.

CCCC has seen its standing in the Ethiopian construction industry rise fast, taking part in landmark projects.