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Sihanoukville beach vendors’ hopes hinge on PM
About 60 business representatives from three Sihanoukville beaches gathered at Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen’s beachside home in Sihanoukville on 29 February, in a second attempt to deliver a petition calling on him to intervene on a government directive for them to vacate the beach. The ...
Thai Government media campaign to promote Chao Phraya project
Construction of the controversial Bt14-billion Chao Phraya Landmark project is expected to start early next year, according to a source close to the project. The source also said on 21 February that Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Prawit Wongsuwan had ordered state radio and TV stations ...
Sihanoukville beach businesses take fears to assembly
More than 100 businesses from three Sihanoukville beaches hand-delivered a petition to Cambodia’s National Assembly on 18 February, calling for the prime minister to intervene in a government directive to have them evicted. Keep reading ...
Mid-term public investment need estimated at almost $495m
Vietnam’s Ministry of Construction has completed its mid-term public investment for 2016-2020 under the Law on Public Investment to submit to the Ministry of Planning and Investment. Under the plan, total public investment need for the period is estimated at nearly VND11 trillion (US$495 million), equal to ...
Tourist park venture in Vientiane
Vientiane Planning and Investment Department signed an agreement, last week, with two private companies to develop the Nong-Or zone in Sikhottabong district, Vientiane, into a tourist site. Vientiane Times reported that the Vientiane Planning and Investment Department concluded a Memorandum of Understanding for the project on ...
Mrauk-U conservation seen as reconstructing not preserving
Heritage zones in Myanmar’s Mrauk-U, Rakhine State, are under threat due to renovations that have altered the designs of ancient pagodas, the Mrauk-U Heritage Trust claims. The Department of Archaeology and the National Museum in Sittwe are both operating construction sites. Keep reading ...
Royal Group’s Sihanoukville port to be razed
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 ...
Laos' sleepy capital awakens to a construction boom
The capital of Laos is a low-rise, low-key city, especially when compared with the hulking high-rises and bustling streets of better-known Southeast Asian cities such as Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore. But this once-sleepy city is fast shedding its sedate reputation due to a building boom ...
Illegal Sihanoukville construction on radar
Tourism and other line ministries will raise the issue of unlawful construction along Sihanoukville’s coastline at a meeting scheduled for 18 January, given the presence of illegal buildings along the coastal city’s beaches. The meeting, which will be held at the Tourism Ministry, will have participants ...
2016 set to be another strong year for Vietnam housing market
Vietnam’s housing market is expected to enjoy another good year after record sales in 2015 aided by improved economic conditions and infrastructure and lower interest rates. According to the industry’s estimates, apartment sales in Hanoi hit around 28,300 units in 2015, a 70 percent rise from ...
