Infrastructure
Grab eyes Myanmar growth
Though the taxi-hailing service is still a relatively new concept in Myanmar, Grab, the leading ride-hailing firm in Southeast Asia, has revealed its ambitious target of attracting everyday taxi users in Yangon to book taxis through their app. Cheryl Goh, group vice president of marketing ...
Lao Airlines arranging extra New Year flights
Lao Airlines will schedule an additional two flights daily on the Vientiane-Luang Prabang route for the five day Lao New Year holiday, a Lao Airlines marketing official said. This year, we plan to add two more flights for Vientiane-Luang Prabang, increasing the number of flights ...
Incentive bonus for highway bus companies
The Mandalay Supervisory Committee for Highway Bus Lines has given out more than K40 million in incentives to 146 bus lines that fall under its supervision for the 2016-17 fiscal year on April 5. U Aung Kyaw Linn, chair of Bus Line Supervisory Committee (Highway) ...
Bus companies urged not raise fares during festival
Bus companies have been urged to maintain fare prices and not take advantage of the festive season to raise them. Mandalay Region Supervisory Committee for Motor Vehicles (Highway) chair, U Aung Kyaw Lin, said that he is making a request and not ordering the companies ...
Attracting more tourists the key to aviation growth
The lack of tourists is among the main reasons for the closure of Attapeu International Airport in recent months, according to senior officials. Infrastructure and tourism development serve as the foundations for developing the main draw-cards in Attapeu if authorities want to attract more tourists ...
Solid growth expected for Laos this year and 2018: ADB
Laos’ economic growth is picking up in 2017 and 2018, supported by the expansion of production and sale of electricity, buoyant services sector growth, and construction of the cross-border railway, according to a new report from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Gross Domestic Product (GDP) ...
Water utility widens revenue stream
The capital’s listed water utility inaugurated a new treatment facility on April 5 that will increase its production capacity of clean water by 30 percent, and add to its revenue stream – a move likely to impress its shareholders. Phnom Penh Water Supply Authority (PPWSA) officials ...
Thailand plans to buy Cambodian water
Thailand’s listed Eastern Water Resources Development and Management Plc’s subsidiary Universal Utilities Plc. a tap water provider, plans to spend some 200 million baht ($6 million) a year to buy water from the still to be built Stung Nam hydroelectric dam in Koh Kong province ...
Japan outlines plan to increase river cargo
A Japanese expert has urged Cambodia to invest in improving transport on the Mekong River to boost the movement of cargo around the country. Kume Hidetoshi from the Japanese International Cooperation Center made the call during a presentation at the Japanese embassy on April 4. ...
Data science poised to boom
Big data and analytics spending in Thailand is expected to continue double-digit growth in 2017, driven by the availability of data, a new generation of technology and a cultural shift toward data-driven decision making. Teradata Thailand, the local enterprise solfware unit of US-based Teradata Corporation, expect ...
