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Rebuilding a lost waterway of Saigon

News #203: Phnom Penh and Siem Reap light-rail study, Penang Airport expansion, inside look at Metro Manila Subway, more delays for Thai-Chinese…

Feb 28, 2024 •

Vung Tau construction report (and maybe an urban railway)

News #202: Manila Airport rehab contract awarded, Bandung LRT, Singapore cycling path, Thailand Land Bridge, Pattaya urban rail project, and more…

Feb 21, 2024 •

News #201: Bangkok construction update

Penang’s LRT to extend to Butterworth via rail bridge, NAIA rehabilitation, Suvarnabhumi expansion, and more transport and urban development news in SE…

Feb 14, 2024 •

News #200: Mapping the coastal resorts near Ho Chi Minh City

200th news edition and site news. The Sihanoukville comeback starts here? Bokeo Airport in Laos, Mindanao Railway, and a proposed tunnel along the…

Feb 7, 2024 •

News #199: Another messy transit interchange for Bangkok

Nusantara Capital City Airport, Johor Bahru LRT, 4th tower for Marina Bay Sands, Vietnam-China to connect railway in Lao Cai, and more transport and…

Jan 31, 2024 •

News #198: Bangkok Urban Railways Report

My other transit websites, Koh Rong int’l airport, Laos-China Railway boosts daily trips, Hanoi Metro Line 2 and 5, airport updates for HCMC, and more…

Jan 24, 2024 •

News #197: Could a metro turn Johor Bahru into an international metropolis?

Phnom Penh vs HCMC airport railways, the tallest building in Laos, KL-Singapore high-speed rail, and light rail updates for Batam, Bali, and Penang

Jan 17, 2024 •

News #196: Bangkok Light Blue Line Monorail

Foster + Partners reveals Techo International Airport, KL-Bangkok HSR, Chiang Mai transit system, HCMC-Can Tho railway proposal.

Jan 10, 2024 •

News #195: Southeast Asia Airport Report (2024 Edition)

Work begins on the tallest structure in Cambodia, flying cars in Indonesia's new capital, jeepney drivers make last stand, and more monorail problems…

Jan 3, 2024 •

News #194: The Java high-speed railway

Siem Reap airport railway, problems on the Bangkok Pink Line, a province in Vietnam proposes 12 urban railway lines, and more news on transport in…

Dec 27, 2023 •

News #193: The proposed Melaka tram system

Future Southeast Asia meetups, news from the Japan-ASEAN meeting, Surabaya Regional Railway Line, Philippines to build one of world’s longest marine…

Dec 20, 2023 •

News #192: The metro line that HCMC should be building next

Xi Jinping visits Vietnam to talk (among other things) trains, Cambodia coastal development, installation of first ECRL track near Kuantan, ADB pledges…

Dec 13, 2023 •

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