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Military helicopter carrying 19 passengers, four crew ‘missing’ in Laos

A military transport helicopter carrying 19 passengers and four crew members in northern Laos is missing more than 36 hours after it departed an airport in the capital Vientiane, an Air Force official has said. Air traffic control in Vientiane lost contact with the MI-17 helicopter ...

Thailand to benefit from China's Belt and Road Initiative: experts

The Belt and Road Initiative is a trade and infrastructure network that includes the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road to connect Asia, Europe and Africa. Thai government has voiced support for the initiative on various occasions, stressed that Thailand is ...

Koreans to conduct Laos – Vietnam feasibility study

Korea Rail Network Authority and Seoul University are to conduct a feasibility study for a new rail link between Vientiane and the southern Vietnamese port of Vung Tau. Keep reading ...

Vietnam to build $2.5 billion seaport at center of new regional route

Vietnam is set to build a US$2.5 billion seaport in Ca Mau, its southernmost province, hoping to steal some spotlight away from the more popular regional hubs Singapore and Malaysia, local media reported.    Under a proposal recently approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, 85 percent of ...

Thai-Lao-Vietnamese bus service planned

State-owned Transport Co plans to run its first three-country passenger bus service with Laos and Vietnam following the success of its transnational services.  Keep reading ...

Work begins on Vietnam’s highest bridge in Ho Chi Minh City

Ground has been broken for the cable-stayed Phuoc Khanh Bridge in Ho Chi Minh City, the bridge with the highest vertical clearance in Vietnam.   The bridge connecting Can Gio District with Dong Nai’s Nhon Trach District will be part of an expressway connecting Long An and ...

Vietnam to seek additional loan for Chinese-built Hanoi elevated railway

The government has decided to seek an additional loan from the Chinese government for a Chinese-built elevated railway project in Hanoi that is becoming infamous for slow progress and ballooning costs. Keep reading ...

Laos and China to build bridge to Thailand as part of railway project

Laos and China will jointly build a bridge linking the Southeast Asian nation with northeastern Thailand as part of a U.S. $7.2 billion high-speed railway project that has been delayed by numerous setbacks for more than four years, a Lao government official said. Officials from both ...

Yunnan becomes the first gate for Thailand to enter China

The 12th Thailand Logistics Equipment, Technologies and Services Exhibition will be held from September 2 to 4 in BITEC International Convention and Exhibition Center, Bangkok, Thailand, Royal Thai Consulate General in Kunming has released. Yunnan owns four transnational highways and seven highways in the province. Yunnan ...

World Bank loans Vietnam $507 mln for agriculture, poverty reduction, transport

Vietnam’s central bank and the World Bank on Thursday signed four credit agreements totaling US$507 million to support Vietnam’s priorities in sustainable agriculture, poverty reduction, and a bus rapid transit system.   The financing covers four projects: the Sustainable Agriculture Transformation Project (US$238 million), additional financing for ...

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