Photo taken on March 21, 2019 shows a certificate showing the honorary title of "Railway Craftsman" for the China-Laos Railway Project awarded Noy Sonemany by the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd, in the northern Lao province of Luang Namtha. The 414.332-km China-Laos Railway runs from Boten bordering China in northern Laos to the capital of Vientiane with an operating speed of 160 km per hour. The China-Laos Railway adopts Chinese technical standards and uses Chinese equipment. It started construction in December 2016 and is scheduled to be completed and opened to traffic in December 2021. (Xinhua/Wang Jingqiang)