Infrastructure
CPI Yunnan calculates cost of Myitsone Dam
CPI Yunnan International Power Investment Company has recalculated its spending on the suspended Myitsone hydropower project, and is waiting for the Myanmar government to approve the figure. CPIYN is the majority shareholder in Upstream Ayeyarwady Confluence Basin Hydropower Company, the dam’s developer. The calculation was made in ...
Laos, Thai, Malaysia and Singapore power deal delayed
The signing of the Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore Power Integration Project deal has been delayed for another six months. Keep reading ...
Vietnamese PM approves waterway transport projects
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has released a decision approving waterway infrastructure policies expected to boost the sector’s growth. Domestic waterway transportation plays a vital role in transporting goods and passengers across Vietnam. It creates millions of jobs, but the Ministry of Transport said Government support ...
Unauthorised fees plague Vietnam's bus terminals
Transport enterprises are concerned about fees that they have to pay for their operations at bus stations. A driver of a transport enterprise operating on the Ha Noi-Thai Nguyen route, who decline to give his name, said besides fixed fees like entrance fee and parking fee, ...
Thai fishing trawlers unloading catch in Cambodia
More than 200 fishing trawlers from Trat province are now docking and unloading their catches in Cambodia’s adjoining Koh Kong province to evade the strict regulations being enforced against unregistered vessels and fishing equipment in Thailand. Keep reading ...
Laos to host ASEAN ministerial meeting on rural development
Laos has confirmed its readiness to host the 9th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication in Vientiane from 13-17 October. Speaking at a press conference on 6 October on preparations for the meeting, Deputy Minister to the Government Office and Vice Chairman of the National ...
South Korea to fund Laos–Vietnam railway feasibility study
Vietnam’s transport ministry and the Korea International Co-operation Agency (KOICA) have agreed to study the feasibility of a 500 km-long railway link from Laos’ Vientiane to Vung Ang in central Ha Tinh Province of Vietnam. The study will be conducted with a $US3-million ODA grant from KOICA for ...
Compensation for Yangon-Dala bridge to be paid this month
In an apparent effort to ensure good relations with local residents and avoid the problems that have dogged other development projects, local authorities have agreed to pay compensation in advance to people forced to move to make way for the Yangon-Dala Bridge. The committee set up ...
Four international airports need to be built in Laos
Laos will need to build four new international airports as the existing four of Wattay, Luang Prabang, Savan and Pakse will be unable to accommodate growing air transport in the coming decades, a minister told the cabinet. Minister of Public Works and Transport Dr Bounchanh Sinthavong ...
Government agrees to repair Vientiane's poor roads
The government has allocated a large amount of money from its budget to repair and repave deteriorating roads throughout the city. Vientiane Public Works and Transport Department are now pressing ahead with repairs to around 20 main roads across the capital after the government released over ...
