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China-Laos Railway becomes a busy passenger and freight link
The China-Laos railway, which opened in December last year, has experienced significant transportation growth since its launch both in terms of passenger and freight...
China-Laos railway supports domestic tourism, creates nearly 700 permanent jobs for locals
The new high-speed railway line that connects Laos’ capital Vientiane with the country’s northern border to China and from there leads to Kunming, the...
Thailand, Laos, China to sign pact on high-speed railway
Thailand has agreed to sign a memorandum of cooperation with China and Laos for a rail link...
Cambodia seeks to double tourism arrivals by 2025
Cambodian has ambitious plans to increase the number of tourism arrivals from six million in 2018 to 12 million by 2025 as it builds...
Agreement signed to build China-Myanmar Economic Corridor
Myanmar and China signed a memorandum of understanding to set up the China-Myanmar Economic Corridor (CMEC) as part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative,...
Laos next target for Chinese tourist “invasion”
With hordes of Chinese tourists overrunning one Southeast Asian country after the other as a result of a new travel freedom and rising spending...
Thailand, Laos, China to enter talks about high-speed railway
Laos will be joining Thailand and China for talks about connecting the planned regional high-speed train network from Thailand’s northeastern city of Nong Khai...
China’s infrastructure grip on Southeast Asia tightens
The agreement signed these days to start the first phase of a new high-speed railway as part of the connection between Bangkok and Thailand's...
New low-cost flights should bring more Chinese tourists to Brunei
A Chinese budget airline with the enchanting name Lucky Air just launched flights from Kunming, the capital of China's southern Yunnan province, and from...
Thailand, China agree on $5.2-billion rail project
Thailand and China agreed a price of 179 billion baht ($5.2 billion) for the 250-kilometer-long first phase of a high-speed railway linking Thailand's Eastern...
Myanmar-China oil pipeline opens, greatly reduces shipping time
Myanmar finally opened a new crude oil pipeline in January linking its western coast with China’s southern province of Yunnan, cutting shipping time for...
Thai junta approves $23-billion high-speed rail projects
Thailand's ruling junta has approved a $23-billion transport project that will see two high-speed railways link up directly with China by 2021, in a...
Myanmar-Yunnan railway scrapped due to public opposition
Construction of a railway connecting Kyaukpyu in Myanmar and Kunming in China was cancelled n July 18 due to public opposition, the Myanmar Ministry...
Tough choices ahead for Laos tourism
Laos, a virtual hermit nation until 1986 when it opened its doors to tourism, is now finding it very difficult to control the reigns of...
Top hotel chains flock to Laos
At least 40 hotels, including five international chains, are scheduled to open in Laos over the next five years as the country becomes a...
China says its human rights are at a ‘historic best’
China says its human rights are at a "historic best", yet Uzra Zeya, the Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Democracy...
China-ASEAN rail network advances
China started operations on February 23 on the 141-kilometer Yuxi-Mengzi railway line, part of the Pan-Asia railway network that will connect China to ASEAN...
China-Laos railway to commence
Construction is slated to start soon on the new China-backed 418-kilometer railroad that will snake through Yunnan province into Southeast Asia, linking together Kunming;...
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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...