Why China's Railway Through Laos Needed 167 Bridges
Long-form15:55Science & Technology
Published Aug 19, 2026, 10:00 AM · 8w ago
Engineering The Impossible
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Description
#laosrailway #documentary #engineering
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This is Laos. One of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia.
And it just staked $6 billion on a single railway. But the main problem wasn't money or how to build the railway. It was how to even reach the place where they had to build.
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Details
- Published
- Aug 19, 2026, 10:00 AM
- Length
- 15:55 (955 s)
- Format
- Long-form
- Category
- Science & Technology
- Audio language
- EN-US
- Quality
- HD
- Captions
- No
- Made for kids
- No
- Licensed content
- Yes
- Video ID
- J46SfUBdWHk
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