Infrastructure
Transport and shipping
Dawbon Bridge linking four townships in Yangon opens
The new Dawbon Bridge that links four townships in Yangon – Dawbon, Thaketa, Pazundaung and Mingalar Taung Nyunt – opened on Saturday, which was also Japan-Myanmar Friendship Day. Yangon Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein said the opening of the bridge would lead to faster development ...
Mekong flooding continues to disrupt roads
As flooding continues to take its toll on provinces along the Mekong River and beyond, traffic on a busy national road leading to the coastal province of Preah Sihanouk has been disrupted, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said. Ministry spokesperson Chan Yutha told ...
Northern double-track railway to Mekong to open 2023
Construction of the 323km double-track railway from Den Chai in Phrae to Chiang Khong on the Mekong River border will be accelerated so it can enter service two years earlier, the transport minister announced on Thursday. Keep reading ...
Striving for safer passage of goods
The European Union (EU) has commissioned Thailand to conduct training workshops for the transportation of dangerous goods in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), as part of a move to get the entire sub-region to adopt United Nations-based safety regulations for road-based logistics operations. Keep reading ...
Completion date set for EU dangerous goods training
German International Cooperation (GIZ) says it expects to complete its training project for freight transport and logistics in dangerous goods in more than 80 companies in five Asean countries by the end of this year. With financing from the EU, the “Sustainable Freight and Logistics ...
Mekong Delta provinces invite construction bids
Provinces in the Mekong Delta have invited bids for many large infrastructure works. Kien Giang has two traffic infrastructure packages, according to Nguyen Van Tu, Director of the provincial Department of Transport’s investment and construction projects management board. Keep reading ...
US to support infrastructure investment in SEA
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), a federal development finance institution in the US, is looking to support American infrastructure investment in Southeast Asia to enhance the region’s connectivity. Keep reading ...
The role of Asean’s ports in China’s Belt and Road
China’s investments in deep-sea ports in Myanmar and Cambodia will provide critical links in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), but there are also concerns that they could give China undue economic leverage in the region. Keep reading ...
Chinese constructors complete foundation of cross-Mekong River super bridges
The concrete casting for the last pier understructure of Luang Prabang railway bridge has been successfully completed, laying down all the foundation construction work of the two cross-Mekong River super major bridges along the China-Laos railway. Keep reading ...
Piers of China-Laos railway bridge rise above Mekong River
The China Railway No.8 Engineering Group (CREC-8), in charge of the construction of the third section of the China-Laos Railway, said on Tuesday that it has built all the piers of the Ban Ladhan railway bridge over Mekong River above the flood level. Keep reading ...
