The building of free trade zones in the central city of Da Nang should only serve the development of trade, business, services and tourism, with no residential real estate in the zone, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on September 1.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 10 asked ministries, agencies, and localities to prepare plans to exploit the new development space created by major highways and roads when he chaired a meeting of the State steering committee for national key transport projects.
Thailand’s government spokesperson Anucha Burapachaisri has announced the country completed the expansion of the Highway 12 that connects Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos.
India is seeking to extend the India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway to Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam in order to increase regional connectivity, Vientiane Times reported.
The southeastern province of Binh Phuoc is seeking the construction of a highway from its Chon Thanh district to HCM City and a rail link from the district to Cai Mep-Thi Vai deep-water port in Ba Ria-Vung Tau province to facilitate goods transportation and attract investors.
The La Son-Tuy Loan highway that links the central province of Thua Thien-Hue and Da Nang city is expected to open to traffic in the second quarter of this year.
At least one person was killed and more than 30 others were wounded as a homemade bomb hidden under a motorcycle exploded at a local street festival in the southern Philippines August 28 night.
A bridge lying on a strategic road linking Nant Phat Kar village in Kutkai city and Shan state in the north of Myanmar has collapsed, interrupting the traffic between the two areas.
More than 8 trillion VND (360 million USD) will be invested to build the first phase of Dau Giay – Tan Phu expressway in the southern province of Dong Nai.
