{
  "id": 5663828,
  "title": "Chiang Khong to Huay Xai: Crossing into Laos Step by Step",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/chiang-khong-to-huay-xai-crossing-into-laos-step-by-step",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-04T22:40:29.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Chiang Rai Times",
    "slug": "chiang-rai-times",
    "url": "https://www.chiangraitimes.com/border-transport/chiang-khong-to-huay-xai-crossing-into-laos-step-by-step/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Crossing from Chiang Khong into Huay Xai is a road border crossing, but Chiang Khong town isn’t the border itself. You’ll need to travel to the Thai immigration checkpoint, complete your exit formalities, then take the mandatory shuttle across the Fourth Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge. Travelers can’t walk or cycle across the bridge. After reaching the […] The post Chiang Khong to Huay Xai: Crossing…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}