Infrastructure

Cam Pha port handles over 33,000 tonnes of coal on first New Year day

Cam Pha port and logistics company, an affiliate of the Vietnam National Coal and Mineral Industries Group (Vinacomin), in the northern province of Quang Ninh loaded 33,000 tonnes of coal for two ships on 8 February, the first day of the Year of the Monkey. Keep ...

Contracts signed to extend Bangkok-Chon Buri motorway

The Highways Department has signed contracts to extend the Bangkok-Chon Buri motorway to reach the Map Ta Phut industrial estates of Rayong within four years. Department representatives signed five of 13 contracts for the 31.2-kilometre-long extension project for Highway No.7 on 8 February. Keep reading ...

Protesting Capitol bus drivers attacked

A bloody scuffle in Phnom Penh on 6 February left scores injured after protesting bus drivers and their supporters were brutally set upon by a rival association armed with sticks, metal bars and hammers. Police arrested two protesters – former Capitol bus driver Norn Van, and Cambodia ...

‘Fifth Estate’ app aims for govt accountability in Myanmar

In a country now saturated with smartphones and an information-hungry population, it was only a matter of time before someone developed an app for civic engagement with the newly elected National League for Democracy-led government. Enter Ko Soe Lin Htoot, a 32-year-old computer designer who hopes ...

Thai TV faces loss of digital licences over unpaid fees

Thailand’s National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) is expected to revoke the licences of cash-strapped Thai TV Co’s two channels without further notification on 8 February. Secretary-general Takorn Tantasith said the regulator had offered the company many chances to solve its financial problems. Keep reading ...

Vehicles cannot start as fuel becomes ice

Many cars in the northern parts of Laos appear not to have started in the cold weather and some people have speculated that maybe the stranded motorists were using low grade fuels. Last week saw many vehicles in the northern provinces of Phongsaly, Huaphan and Xieng ...

Upgraded Yangon bus system to kick off next week

A Bus Rapid Transit system, designed to relieve traffic congestion in Yangon and increase the safety of commuters, is aiming to launch the second week of February. At present, 18 buses have arrived in Myanmar that will run from Htaukkyant to 8 Mile junction, from where ...

DSI officials rescued by troops, police from angry Cambodian vendors

Over 100 Cambodian vendors attacked and besieged some 10 Department of Special Investigation officials and representatives of major brands at Thailand’s Rongklua Market in Sakaew on 3 February, injuring several officials. The DSI officials tried to arrest a Cambodian female vendor for allegedly selling imitated goods at ...

Vietnam retailer Tiki to raise $18 million: report

Tiki, a Vietnamese e-commerce startup, has been in talks with Internet content giant VNG Corporation to secure US$18 million in funding, information technology news website ICTnews reported on 2 February, citing industry insiders. Keep reading ...

Laos to export electricity to Myanmar, more for Vietnam

Myanmar hopes to import electricity from Laos at an installed capacity of about 300 megawatts (MW) in the near future while the exports to Vietnam may be increased in the next few months. “The Myanmar government proposed this project to Laos about two months ago,” Deputy ...

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