The new road for freight between China's southwestern metropolis of Chongqing and Thailand’s Bangkok slashes the travel time of 30 days by sea to just 96 hours by truck (Source: eChinaCities)
Hanoi (VNA) - A new road for freight between China's southwesternmetropolis of Chongqing and Thailand’s Bangkok opened on August 5.
The2,700-km channel that exits China from Yunnan province slashes the travel timeof 30 days by sea to just 96 hours by truck.
Auto partsproduced in Chongqing and neighboring provinces will reach Southeast Asiancountries more quickly, while products such as fruit, rice and timber from thosecountries will arrive in Chongqing more efficiently and be distributed tocentral and western parts of China.
It is thecentral route of an international road corridor that links Chongqing and the ASEAN countries. The eastern route whichexits China from Guangxi to Vietnam’s Hanoi was launched last April.
The westernroute, which is about 2,800 km and ends in Yangon in Myanmar by way of Yunnan,is under construction.-VNA
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The new road for freight between China's southwestern metropolis of Chongqing and Thailand’s Bangkok slashes the travel time of 30 days by sea to just 96 hours by truck (Source: eChinaCities) 
