Transport infrastructure and facilities

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 ...

A Bus Rapid Transit system, designed to relieve traffic congestion in Yangon and increase the safety of commuters, is aiming to launch the second week of February. At present, 18 buses have arrived in Myanmar that will run from Htaukkyant to 8 Mile junction, from where ...

Contracts for 20 megaprojects in the Thailand Transport Ministry’s infrastructure development plan are likely to be signed before the current fiscal year ends, a senior transport official says.  Speaking after a meeting following up on the megaprojects worth a combined 1.79 trillion baht, deputy permanent secretary Peerapol ...

Cam Con Commune, Bao Yen District, has been proposed as the location for Lao Cai Airport, which had to adjust its plans to include A320 and A321 aircraft. The plan was submitted by MTV Limited Company, the airport’s consulting unit, at a meeting with Vietnam’s Transport Ministry ...

A row has flared between Yangon bus owners and the regional transport authority over access to compressed natural gas. Ma Hta Tha, the Yangon Region Supervisory Committee for Motor Vehicles, says it is inviting buses to sign up to receive more CNG, but some owners ...

Myanmar’s notorious “death highway” might become a little less deadly as plans go forward to set up an emergency ambulance service along the route. Hospitals along the Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalay Highway are taking part in the scheme. Keep reading ...

A Cambodian government committee has ordered tycoon Kith Meng’s Royal Group to stop construction of a passenger port it was building on Sihanoukville’s Otres Beach, which it said was in clear violation of coastal development guidelines and had progressed without a permit. The National Committee for ...

Concerted efforts are needed to improve the operational efficiency of the No 5 seaport system, particularly the Cai Mep–Thi Vai Port in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau, to make it a regional entrepot in the future, a ministry official has said. Speaking at a ...

Dala township residents who agreed to accept compensation in exchange for land needed for a long-awaited bridge are hoping to get paid before the new government takes office. Of the 68 landowners affected, 66 have now agreed the terms offered following protracted negotiations last year. Both sides ...

Vietnamese agencies plan to launch a new flight path connecting Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City as increasing air traffic on the country’s busiest route may cause strain and congestion, the government’s website has reported.   The new path will run parallel but 30 kilometers above the ...