Infrastructure
Electricity ministry to up supply
In the face of ever-rising energy demands and climbing temperatures, the Ministry of Electricity and Energy has released an aspirational blueprint for its first 100 days in office. Myanmar’s ministry will strive to finish building electricity transmission yards across the country to boost electricity generation, said ...
Businesses get lost in ‘forest of sub-licenses’
A survey by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry has found that businesses operate under the regulation of 7,000 sub-licenses or 7,000 business conditions. The Tien Giang Enterprises’Association, in a document to the Prime Minister complaining about sub-licenses, emphasized that it was unreasonable to force ...
Road seems to deliberately threaten protected forest in Kon Tum
Thousands hectares of forest in the central highlands province of Kon Tum, Vietnam are facing extinction as the local authorities are determined to construct a road that seems of little benefit to travellers. The road project, invested by the provincial Department of Transport, was started since ...
Royal railways considering airport train
Royal Railways is conducting a feasibility study on a rail line that would whisk passengers from the center of Phnom Penh to the airport in less than 15 minutes, the company’s CEO said on 11 May. Mr. Guiry said, “no eviction” would be necessary to ...
Digging deeper wells costs more
Amid a devastating drought, the need to dig more, and deeper, wells is threatening to overwhelm the government’s relief budget. The cost of wells rises exponentially with depth. And as groundwater continues to drop, itself exacerbated by the digging of more and more wells, deeper is ...
Consumers set for squeeze as power costs skyrocket
The use of many power supply sources, including high-priced sources, has caused Electricity of Viet Nam’s costs to soar, leading to the possibility of future power hikes. Dinh The Phuc, deputy head of the Minister of Trade and Industry’s Power Regulation Department, said that, because the ...
ICT forum eyed as FDI springboard
The government is hopeful an upcoming global forum for the information and communication technology industry will provide an avenue for foreign direct investment from global tech companies. The ITU Telecom World Forum 2016, to be held in Bangkok from Nov 14-17, will also allow the Thai ...
World Bank helps Vietnam improve transport, flood control
The World Bank on 29 April approved more than US$500 million in support for improvements to road and bridge connections as well as flood control and sanitation conditions in Vietnam. The project aims to protect more than 255,000 residents and about 5,720 hectares out of 8,390 frequently ...
Billions planned to stem water shortages
Mandalay Region government is to spend billions bringing drinking water to more than 100 villages that they fear could run dry over the next few weeks. U Myo, deputy director of the region’s Urban Development Department, said on 22 April that K172.45 billion provided by the ...
Scenes from a drought
Across the country of Cambodia, water scarcity is threatening health and livelihoods. In what may be the worst regional drought in more than 50 years, brought on by an El Niño cycle exacerbated by climate change, water shortages have been declared in 18 of the ...
