The cargo train ASEAN Express, connecting Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, and China, returned to Malaysia on July 11 after a 14-day trip to Chongqing, China, marking its first completed inbound trip.

The first cargo train departing from Cao Xa Station in Cam Giang district in the northern province of Hai Duong to join an international rail route was put into operation on May 2.

A cargo train heading for Vietnam left Kunming, the capital of the Chinese southwestern province of Yunnan, on June 13, an opening of a new route between the two countries.