A new bridge will make if possible to travel from China to Thailand

China, Thailand and Laos agreed to build a bridge across the Mekong River linking Chiang Khong in northern Thailand with the Lao town of Houayxay. The bridge is the final link in a new road system through the Mekong region that will make it possible for the first time to travel by land from China's southwestern Yunnan province through Laos to Thailand.