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Nov 08, 2024

News Extra: November 2024

Vietnam travel update, site publishing changes, why I'm not using AI or outsourcing for research, can we stop saying "The Next Singapore", Long Thanh International Airport 2nd runway(when cost-cutting costs more in the long run), applying the Pareto Principle to Cambodian infrastructure spending

James Clark

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Oct 02, 2024

News Extra: October 2024

Travel plans for Q4 2024, the HCMC Metro, cool neighbourhoods as a measure of urban development, the case of the 90-storey tower proposal in Ho Chi Minh City.

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Sep 05, 2024

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News Extra: September 2024

Vientiane trip report, watching misinformation propagate over the internet, is the Technopolis the new Cyberjaya? Ugly new urban areas in Vietnam.

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Aug 08, 2024

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News Extra: August 2024

Delayed projects of the Thu Thiem New Urban Area in HCMC, short flights that shouldn’t exist, Da Nang - Hoi An Tram, riding the Rapid KL in Tioman Island (sort of)

James Clark

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Jul 04, 2024

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News Extra: July 2024

Travel plans for Future Southeast Asia research, Thailand double-tracking update, Bangkok unified ticketing system, Pattaya Vs Vung Tau

James Clark

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Apr 04, 2024

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News Extra: 4 April 2024

The curious case of the Trans-Borneo High-Speed Railway, Ho Chi Minh City and the Truong My Lan/VTP fraud trial, Battambang by air or train

James Clark

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Mar 21, 2024

News Extra: 21 March 2024

SGN airport update, an auspicious day for infrastructure openings in Vietnam, and the supposed coolest streets in Southeast Asia

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Mar 07, 2024

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News Extra: 7 March 2024

The Green Lung of Saigon, building better cities in Indonesia, and another good reason why Vietnam needs a high-speed railway

James Clark

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Feb 22, 2024

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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

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Jan 23, 2024

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News Extra: 23 January 2024

Which airlines will use Long Thanh International Airport?

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Nov 30, 2023

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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

James Clark

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Nov 16, 2023

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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

James Clark