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News #191: Hanoi construction update

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.

December 06, 2023

This week’s feature article is part II of my Hanoi trip (part I covered the metro system). I also wrote an article on my travel site about the special train service to the old train factory (a good example of adaptive reuse). There is also a News Extra article for paid subscribers.

Here is this week’s round-up of transport and urban development news in Southeast Asia.

Latest posts at Future Southeast Asia

• Hanoi construction update: 2023 edition

News Extra

• 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

• Southeast Asian cities face existential crisis as they sink while sea levels rise

• Belt and Road Initiative at 10: Milestones and Concerns Across Southeast Asia

• Southeast Asia banks on aviation boom

🇰🇭 Cambodia

• A place of nature where there once was none

“The new Koh Pich Central Park will offer education as well as relaxation in the heart of Phnom Penh, where natural park lands are few and far between.”

• Cambodia’s Funan Techo Canal, a game changer?

🇮🇩 Indonesia

• Indonesia: The high cost of high-speed rail

• Revenge of the jungle – Indonesia’s new capital unloved and unfunded

• New capital Nusantara can become zero-carbon city by 2045: OIKN

• ‘A bus is open to everyone regardless of class’: riding the world’s biggest network

“Rapid transit buses that ferry workers in and out of Jakarta have become hugely popular and are key to net zero ambitions.”

• The U.S. must not ignore Indonesia by

“We have the opportunity to befriend an Asian country with a huge population, a large and growing economy, and a strategic location.”

“To place the Republic’s built environment on a more sustainable footing, developers need to turn away from demolishing and rebuilding, and move instead to adaptive reuse.”

• Smith Street to be rejuvenated to increase vibrancy and footfall to Chinatown

• CNA Explains: Why does Singapore want to build a 'Long Island'?

• A “Long Island” for our sunny island by the sea?

🇹🇭 Thailand

• Japanese investors eye rail line”Japanese investors have expressed interest in investing in Red Line electric train extension projects, said Transport Minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit.”

• Red, Purple lines start B20 flat fare• Agency predicts completion of railway bridge by 2029”The Neighbouring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency (Neda) expects the new bridge facilitating the Thailand-China high-speed train project's crossing between Thailand and Laos to be completed by 2029.”

• Govt pledges 100% electric public transport by end of decade