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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 high-speed train project, and more...

News Extra: 22 February 2024: The many false starts of Line 2 of the HCMC Metro, Bangkok gets Ed Sheeran, Saigon gets circus animals, and Southeast Asia's air pollution crisis

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 transport and urban development news.

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 Asia.

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 Saigon River.

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 urban development news in SE Asia

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 transport and urban development news.

News Extra: 23 January 2024: Which airlines will use Long Thanh International Airport?

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

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.

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 for Bangkok

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 Southeast Asia

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 bridges, and more.

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 $2.1B for Bataan-Cavite bridge, and more

News #191: Hanoi construction update: Sinking cities, Cambodia's grand canal, Indonesia’s new capital unloved and unfunded, Malaysia's 'ghost city', 2 new bridges planned in HCMC, and more.

News Extra: 30 November 2023: Map-making update, how not to build a new Bali, build better cities and not single-developer cookie-cutter towns, and the big real estate/banking scandal in Vietnam

News #190: Hanoi Metro update: Johor state govt proposes 3 LRT lines, a reclaimed land project in Singapore, update on the Grey Line Monorail to Thonglor, support for Vietnam HSR with speed of 350km/h

News #189: The 2023 Railway Report: Airports of Cambodia, Penang LRT, Bangkok MRT Pink Line, and more transport and urban development news.

News Extra: 16 November 2023: The Land Bridge trying to compete with the port of Singapore, Vietnam Railways has fewer services than before 2020, and no agreement on a regional gauge

News #188: The future Hanoi airport train: Jakarta East-West MRT, KL-Ipoh HSR proposal, Borneo Railway, Singapore urbanism, Danang's mega metro plan, and more transport and urban development news.

News #187: Ho Chi Minh City construction update: Unofficial HCMC Metro website, pan-Borneo railway, Philippines gets new railway funding offers, Japan pledges support for Vietnam HSR

News #186: Unfinished metro business: Line 2 of the HCMC Metro, Bali metro plan, Changi Terminal 2 fully reopens, Khamsavath Railway Station in Vientiane, and the future tallest building in Vietnam.

News Extra: 31 October 2023: Waiting for the HCMC Metro, variations of news reporting in Southeast Asia, a big hotel in Dalat, and who wants to fly at 3am?

News #185: The Bad Urban Design series: Cyberjaya, proposed Phnom Penh airport metro, Jakarta-Surabaya high-speed train, Vietnam-Laos joint venture allowed to develop railway project, and more transport and urban development news