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Vietnam opens rail link to Belgium on China-Europe railway line
Vietnam Railways on July 20 announced it opened a new freight rail link from its capital Hanoi...
Myanmar’s ‘China Town’ expands despite Covid-19 crisis, junta chaos
The planned casino hotel in Shwe Kokko
A special economic zone in southeastern Myanmar is expanding its development...
Chinese online gambling providers return to the Philippines
Chinese online gambling companies are returning to the Philippines after a Covid-19-induced hiatus and are looking to...
Laos to test high-speed railway in August
Public service on the new track starts in December
Laos plans to conduct the first test on the...
Taiwan’s Electronics manufacturers focus on Southeast Asia amid China-US tensions, Covid-19
Headquarters of Taiwan's electronics manufacturer Delta Electronics in Thailand
A new wave of relocations and regionalisations of production...
Laos-China high-speed railway track almost finished
The construction of the railway track for the Laos-China Railway project is now 80 per cent complete,...
Chinese firms seek to set up large-scale durian plantations in Laos
Chinese companies have discovered Laos as a location to set up large-scale durian plantations to grow the...
Chinese group wants to transform northern Myanmar into textile producing hub
A Chinese textile group is proposing to create an international textile manufacturing cluster in the north of...
Laos gets its first-ever expressway – and it’s a smart one
Laos saw its first expressway, the Vientiane-Vang Vieng Expressway, officially being opened on December 20.
China builds Great Wall along Myanmar border
A section of a fence set up by China in the town of Wanding, Yunnan, on its border with Myanmar (Picture:...
China-Brunei joint venture invests $13.6 billion in oil refinery
Hengyi Industries' existing petrochemical complex at Pulau Muara Besar, Brunei
Despite adverse macro-economic conditions, a petrochemical joint venture...
Chinese developer suspected by US of building army bases in Cambodia
Cambodia's Ream Naval Base near Sihanoukville is allegedly being used by China
The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions...
Chinese state firm to build subway for Metro Manila’s business district
The subway will circumvent Makati city
A Chinese construction company has been awarded a $1.2-billion contract to build...
Thailand looks for cheaper solution for proposed maritime shortcut in the south
A canal across the Kra Isthmus would cut the voyage between East Asia and the Indian Ocean short by around 1,100...
Chinese take over Laos’ national power grid
Laos is referred to as the "battery of Southeast Asia" due to its many hydropower plants exporting electricity
Laos at risk of sovereign debt default
The China-Laos railway project, originally meant to bring economic growth, is pushing Laos deeper into debt
The small...
What’s up with Thailand’s high-speed rail network?
By Jeremiah Capacillo
After much debate and derailment, bullet trains are finally arriving in...
Samsung said to shift display production from China to Vietnam
Samsung Electronics is planning to shift much of its display production from China to its plant in...
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Thailand, Singapore most vulnerable to potential US recession
Southeast Asia could be seriously affected in case the US falls into recession, but some countries would be more badly hit than others, economists...