Transport and shipping
Transport infrastructure and facilities
$107 million approved for second Vietnam-Laos border gate
Following a decision signed by Vietnam’s PM Nguyen Tan Dung on 24 August, with the investment, the area will get a terminal zone for cargo transits, a concrete border gate, a housing system for customs and logistics services and roads, as well as water and ...
City says bus system loses $100K a month
The public bus service run by City Hall has been hemorrhaging about $100,000 a month, according to the local authorities. Long Dimanche, spokesman for the Phnom Penh municipality, confirmed the figure on 24 August, after it was first revealed by local media following a meeting last ...
Lao airlines adds Changsha
Lao Airlines will operate twice weekly flights connecting Vientiane to Changsha in Hunan province, China, starting the end of August 2015. Lao News Agency quoted Ministry of the Transport and Public Works office deputy head, Phouphet Thammavong, who said the first flight between Vientiane and Changsha ...
Mekong in need of more infrastructure
The Cuu Long (Mekong) Delta must plan for future economic growth by investing more in infrastructure, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Van Ninh has said. Speaking at a conference on 21 August in Can Tho City, Ninh said that officials had set the annual GDP growth target at ...
Vietnam affirms close cooperation in transport with Laos, Cambodia
The transport ministries of Vietnam and Laos have affirmed close cooperation in all aspects of the transport sector at an annual bilateral ministerial meeting in Hanoi on 22 August. They agreed to promote transport infrastructure connectivity between the two countries. On the same day, Vietnam and Cambodia ...
Myanmar seeks over $100m for ASEAN connectivity project
Myanmar’s Construction Ministry is seeking the parliamentary approval for a US$120 million loan to upgrade the Kawkareik-Mawlamyine-Thaton Road, a part of the Greater Mekong East-West Economic Corridor. Keep reading ...
CP, ThaiBev line up for Thailand train deals
Charoen Pokphand Group, Thailand’s largest agro-industrial and food conglomorate, will propose a 150-billion-baht investment plan for a high-speed train linking Bangkok, Pattaya and Rayong this month, Transport Minister Prajin Juntong says. Keep reading ...
All 23 people aboard crashed Lao helicopter confirmed dead
All 23 people on a Lao military helicopter that crashed earlier this week while traveling to northern Laos have been confirmed dead, military officials and state media said 30 July, though the cause of the accident remains unknown. Air traffic control in Vientiane lost contact with the ...
Bridges washed out in upper Myanmar
Heavy rains have broken 21 bridges over rivers and creeks in upper Myanmar, the Ministry of Construction told a press conference yesterday. Keep reading ...
Missing Lao military helicopter found crashed, weather hampers rescue
A military transport helicopter carrying 19 passengers and four crew members to Houaphan and Xieng Khuang provinces in northern Laos which went missing two days ago has been found crashed, official sources have said, adding that a “high-ranking military patient” had been on board the ...
