Transport and shipping policy and administration

Rebuilding of Laos’ 106-km Road No. 18A, which links Road No. 13 South in Thangbaeng village, Pathoumphone district, Champassak province with Samakhixay district in Attapeu province, is on track and scheduled for completion in 2017. Work on the road began in 2013 after surveys were carried out, ...

Vietnam’s transport ministry wants electronic toll collection systems (ETCs) installed at all toll booths nationwide from 2020, to end delays and cut costs, Deputy Minister Nguyen Hong Truong said. The ministry has asked investors to install the systems on National Highway 1 and 14 before 30 June. ...

Many important transportation works such as expressways and bridges in Ho Chi Minh City and the southern region have increased inter-regional connections and faster pace of development in the southern key economic zone, with Ho Chi Minh City as its centre. The city now has two ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...