Cambodia to receive about five million tourist by 2015 and seven million by 2020
Cambodia Airports estimates the number of passengers entering via Cambodia’s two international airports will increase by an average 8.8 per cent in 2013. More…
Transport Co will boost transport networks between Laos and Thailand.
The state-run Transport Co Ltd will offer direct coach services between Bangkok and Vientiane and Bangkok to Pakse in Laos under a policy to boost transport networks with neighbouring countries. Each destination will have one service a day using standard airconditioned buses and the one-way fare for both routes is 900 baht. The route from Bangkok to Vientiane will take 11 hours, leaving Bangkok at 8pm while the bus for Pakse leaves at 9pm and will take 13 hours. More…
Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon, Myanmar
Dear Sovereign Investor,
There are no motorcycles in Yangon.
Not a one. Anywhere.
That makes this Asian city unique. Bangkok, Jakarta, Phnom Penh, Shanghai … even Myanmar’s capital of Nay Pyi Taw… are all overrun by motorbikes and scooters. The legend here is that a motorcycle hit an army general’s car five years ago, and in turn he immediately outlawed the two-wheelers in the city. More…
A yellow bodhi leaf forms a key part of the Lao Central Airlines logo.
Lao Central Airlines (LCA) is turning to Thailand to get the neighbouring country’s first privately owned commercial carrier off the ground including its management team and cockpit and cabin crews. More…
Reposted from The Irrawaddy
As the country is opening up, now is the best time to invest in Burma, said Asia Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce Chairman Norman Chang at a trade conference in Bangkok last week.
Chang, who is also the head of the Thai-Taiwan Business Association, said that Burma is the market that Thai-based Taiwanese investors are currently looking at, because of its proximity and an increase in wage levels in Thailand. More…
