Infrastructure
Transport and shipping
Road resurfacing under way in Vientiane
The resurfacing of three main roads in Vientiane will start early next month while many other roads will also be resurfaced in the coming months, scheduled for completion by the end of this year. Deputy Director of the Vientiane Public Works and Transport Department, Mr Nuanta Hompathoum, ...
Luang Prabang Airport: Laos resort to grow rapidly in 2016 as AirAsia, HK Express, SilkAir enter
Luang Prabang in Laos is emerging as one of Southeast Asia’s fastest growing tourist destinations, driving rapid passenger growth with services by at least four new airlines in 2016. Thai AirAsia will become the first LCC to serve Luang Prabang Airport in March 2016 as it ...
Making Bangkok a little bit safer
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is drawing up additional regulations to raise the standards of car park safety barriers and to control the brightness levels on electronic billboards. Taiwut Khankaew, director of the BMA’s Building Control Division, said discussions were under way about the new regulations ...
Hanoi’s first elevated rail line to start service in December
After several years of sputtering, Hanoi’s notorious elevated rail project now has a new finish date with the first train scheduled to run on 31 Decembe. The Railway Project Management Unit (PMU), the investor, and the main contractor China Railway Sixth Group Co. Ltd on 13 February signed ...
Flood control: Giant Bangkok tunnel ahead of schedule
A giant new underground tunnel which promises much faster flood water drainage in Bangkok, expected to be complete early next year, will help six flood-prone areas of the capital, Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra says. The construction of the 6.4-km tunnel,linking Lat Phrao canal and the Chao Phraya River, is ...
Alleged attackers at Capitol protest to sue
The president of a tuk-tuk and motodop drivers’ association, whose members were recorded on video brutally beating protesting bus drivers over the weekend, said he would file complaints against prominent union and civil society leaders for sparking the violence his own group was accused of ...
Thai AirAsia the first LCC to serve Luang Prabang
Laos has finally opened its restricted skies to Thai AirAsia (TAA), which has relentlessly pursued the issue for eight years. The neighbouring state will from 24 March allow the no-frills carrier to operate regular flights from Bangkok to Luang Prabang, with Vientiane a second destination on ...
Cam Pha port handles over 33,000 tonnes of coal on first New Year day
Cam Pha port and logistics company, an affiliate of the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin), in the northern province of Quang Ninh loaded 33,000 tonnes of coal for two ships on 8 February, the first day of the Year of the Monkey. Keep ...
Contracts signed to extend Bangkok-Chon Buri motorway
The Highways Department has signed contracts to extend the Bangkok-Chon Buri motorway to reach the Map Ta Phut industrial estates of Rayong within four years. Department representatives signed five of 13 contracts for the 31.2-kilometre-long extension project for Highway No.7 on 8 February. Keep reading ...
Protesting Capitol bus drivers attacked
A bloody scuffle in Phnom Penh on 6 February left scores injured after protesting bus drivers and their supporters were brutally set upon by a rival association armed with sticks, metal bars and hammers. Police arrested two protesters – former Capitol bus driver Norn Van, and Cambodia ...
