NONG KHAI, Thailand -- Laos, a small one-party state in Southeast Asia, is developing into a regional logistics hub, thanks to its rail connections with its neighbors.
Government eyes capital as link from Southeast Asia to China

Laotian President Thongloun Sisoulith has high hopes for a high-speed railway linking the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming with Vientiane. (Source photos by Reuters)
NONG KHAI, Thailand -- Laos, a small one-party state in Southeast Asia, is developing into a regional logistics hub, thanks to its rail connections with its neighbors.