In October 2010, plans were announced for a 530 km high-speed railway linking Vientiane to Xishuangbanna, in Yunnan Province in China. which was later modified to the Boten–Vientiane railway, with total distance of 421.243 km, to be served by 21 stations, including 4 major stations and the Vientiane Central Station, passing through 165 bridges (total length of 92.6 km) and 69 tunnels (total length of 186.9 km) Construction on this line, as part of the longer Kunming to Singapore Railway, began on 25 April 2011 and is expected to open for services on 2 December 2021.