Infrastructure
Mekong Delta seeks investors for 57 projects
The Mekong Delta will introduce 57 projects requiring more than VND183 trillion (US$8.05 billion) that are awaiting investors at an investment promotion conference scheduled to take place in Can Tho City on October 25.[] 24 of these projects are for tourism development and require total ...
Trung Chanh
Leading Thai logistics group JWD to expand into Indonesia, Vietnam
[] JWD, which has operations in Myanmar, Laos and Cambodia, joins others in expanding into the region. Last month, DHL Supply Chain said it was investing 70 million euros in Southeast Asia. Keep reading ...
Reuters News Staff
Asean digital laxity a cyber raider’s dream
Long accused of complacency over the economic toll of cyber breaches, Southeast Asian governments are starting to make all the right noises on enhanced safeguards – but there are still few signs that the vulnerable business sector is getting the message. Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, ...
Alan Boyd
Mekong clearance will destroy 'a few islets'
Ling Leehua, president of CCCC Second Harbour Consultants Co Ltd, which won the concession from Beijing to conduct the survey, said only those islets obstructing the route would be removed, with some shallow sections of the river also being dredged. Keep reading ...
Bangkok Post News Staff
$64b GMS action plan
Cambodia as a member of the six-nation Greater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) endorsed a five-year action plan framework that includes $64 billion in projects to help the sub-region achieve inclusive growth and sustainable development. Keep reading ...
Sum Manet
Lower Mekong dam decision to be appealed
The Rak Chiang Khong conservation group will file an appeal against the Administrative Court’s dismissal of its complaint against Thai authorities involving the Pak Bang dam, the third dam planned along the Lower Mekong River, as they are worried about its potential impacts. Keep reading ...
The Nation News Staff
New Mekong bridge opens, linking Xayaboury and Vientiane provinces
A newly built bridge crossing the Mekong River and connecting the provinces of Xayaboury and Vientiane has opened, and is the third bridge linking Xayaboury with neighbouring provinces.The 365-metre bridge runs from Nasak village in Paklai district, Xayaboury province, to Khokkhaodor village in Xanakham district, ...
Vientiane Times News Staff
Japan's smaller airports welcome Southeast Asia
More airlines in Southeast Asia are flying to Japan’s regional cities as a growing number of travelers visit the country. And seeing inbound tourism as the key to boosting regional economies, central and local governments in Japan are more than happy to promote the country’s ...
Kentaro Iwamoto and Jun Suzuk
China Communication Construction eyes rail projects in Asean countries
China Communications Construction Company (CCCC), a major player in China’s “Belt and Road” initiative, said they are looking at rail projects in Asean countries such as Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, in an effort to expand in trans-Asian rail routes. Keep reading ...
Summer Zhen
Thai junta tells Japan investors $45-billion development plan to go ahead
A $45-billion plan to redevelop Thailand’s industrial east will go ahead regardless of whoever takes power after elections, the military government told hundreds of Japanese investors on Monday. Keep reading ...
Patpicha Tanakasempipat and Pracha Hariraksapitak