VIENTIANE, Sept. 7 -- The Chinese medical service contingent participating in the China-Laos "Peace Train-2026" joint humanitarian medical rescue exercise arrived in Vientiane, capital of Laos, on September 6. It will conduct a 17-day joint exercise and some medical service activities with its counterpart from the Lao People's Army (LPA).

The 150-member Chinese contingent participating in the exercise consists mainly of personnel from the Chinese PLA Army Medical University, with additional members drawn from the Chinese PLA Air Force, the Chinese PLA Joint Logistic Support Force, and other units.

Following the exercise, the medical service contingent will also head to Vientiane, Savannakhet, Champasak, and Attapeu provinces in Laos to provide medical services and give academic lectures.