Infrastructure
Chinese firm floats proposal for rail link to capital’s port
A representative of China Railway 16th Bureau Group met with Transportation Minister Sun Chanthol on 26 June to discuss a $250 million project proposal that would link the container terminal of Phnom Penh Autonomous Port to the Southern Line, a 266-kilometre rail line that stretches from ...
Laos, Cambodia to develop land links, trade and investment
Laos and Cambodia have agreed to continue to strengthen cooperation and to develop land links to enhance trade and investment between the two nations. The plans arose from a meeting between Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and his Cambodian counterpart Hun Sen when Mr Thongloun visited Cambodia ...
Effective management helps Saravan save millions from state-invested projects: governor
Saravan province has been able to save about US$18 million from state investment projects thanks to effective management of their infrastructure development projects. The projects that the moneys were saved from included the 15A Road construction project linking the Napong area to the province with a ...
South Korean cargo line aims to double shipments
The volume of goods shipped has grown steadily in the three months since South Korean sea shipping line Hyundai Merchant Marine began calling at Sihanoukville port in Cambodia, and cargo sizes are expected to double in the coming month, a local company representative said on ...
Tycoon looks to expand and deepen private Sihanoukville seaport
Agro-industrial tycoon Mong Reththy plans to expand his private port to handle bigger ships and containerised cargoes, increasing potential competition with the country’s principal port in Sihanoukville. “In order to handle container ships, the port must be renovated and the channel deepened to eight metres, which ...
Thaicom told to pay concession fee to ministry
Deputy Prime Minister Prajin Juntong on 20 June told the Information and Communications Technology Ministry and Thaicom to seek agreement over the latter paying an annual concession fee to the ministry for the use of the Thaicom 7 and 8 satellites. Takorn Tantasith, the National Broadcasting and ...
DCA preps new air transport policies
Myanmar will sign air service agreements with the Netherlands and Mongolia this year, and is drawing up new policies that include tackling the profusion of domestic airlines, the Department of Civil Aviation’s director for transport has said. Myanmar boasts 11 airlines and a 12th – a ...
Change for growth
As the biggest economic center of Vietnam, HCMC is feeling tied by a slew of prevailing regulations. It is desperate for a special governance mechanism so that the metropolis will be able to grow faster and thus fuel development in the rest of the nation. Meanwhile, ...
Thaicom’s 7 and 8 satellites will be forced to become an ICT Ministry concession
Thaicom’s commercial satellites operating under the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission’s licensing regime will be under an Information and Communication Technology Ministry concession as well, an ICT source said. The satellites under NBTC licensing regime include Thaicom satellites 7 and 8. Any future commercial satellites to ...
Laos banks on road link with China
With its fast-growing economy, landlocked Laos is turning a once disadvantageous position into an important land transport link for ASEAN regional connectivity with southern China’s Yunnan province. The 114-kilometre Hongsa-Chiang Man Road, which will be a shortcut to Laos’ northern Luang Prabang province, will link Thailand, ...
