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Future Southeast Asia News [29 Oct 2025]

The DDR apartments of Vinh, Phu Quoc Metro proposal, Nusantara in danger of becoming a "ghost city", airport upgrades in Laos, better walkways for Malaysia, high-speed rail to Trat, Danang plans metro line between Hoi An and airport

James Clark

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Oct 21, 2025

Future Southeast Asia News [22 Oct 2025]

Batam should be the financial hub of Indonesia, old Phnom Penh Airport to be transformed into a park, high-speed rail debt must not delay Jakarta-Surabaya expansion, Vientiane-Hanoi Expressway, high-speed rail linking Thailand’s three airports on brink of collapse, proposed river park for HCMC.

James Clark

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Oct 14, 2025

Future Southeast Asia News [15 Oct 2025]

Southeast Asia Railways Report, Indonesia looks to settle high-speed rail debt while extending to Surabaya, KL’s emerging Green Connector Network, Thailand plans Songkhla and Koh Lanta bridges, Hanoi breaks ground on metro line passing through Old Quarter

James Clark

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Oct 07, 2025

Turning Hat Yai into a great southern metropolis

[News: 8 Oct 2025] Avoiding another Sihanoukville, Laos-Vietnam brotherhood projects, Panay-Guimaras-Negros mega bridge, high-speed rail through Isaan raises hopes and questions, HCMC-Can Tho Railway

James Clark

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Sep 30, 2025

Chiang Mai trip report

[News: 1 Oct 2025] North Bail Airport, Laos plans railway to Vietnam and Vientiane–Champasack, Kota Kinabalu port area redevelopment, Thailand's ‘unfeasible’ Land Bridge, Da Nang-Hoi An rail plan

James Clark

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Sep 23, 2025

Mapping every airport in Southeast Asia

[News: 24 Sep 2025] Hat Yai update, Surabaya commuter rail project, Philippines 'ghost' flood projects, how Singapore became obsessed by shade, Bangkok Victory Monument revamp, HCMC to start building 9 new metro lines by 2027

James Clark

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Sep 16, 2025

The proposed Chiang Mai subway system

[News: 17 Sep 2025] How not to build a new city, Vietnam airports map, urban planning after Bali floods, proposed 65-storey tower in Phnom Penh, bridge to Koh Samui, monorail plan along Hanoi's Red River

James Clark

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Sep 09, 2025

East Timor planes and dreams of trains

[News 10 Sep 2025] New Phnom Penh airport opens, Indonesia and China discuss sea wall and high-speed rail, land for South Korea tourism project in Vientiane, Malaysia mulls railway link to encircle Borneo, Singapore reclaims land below mean sea level, Nong Khai–Vientiane rail bridge, HCMC-Tay Ninh Railway.

James Clark

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Sep 02, 2025

Future Southeast Asia News #281

Airport rail links to HCMC's new airport, Thailand airports map, Laos launches SE Asia’s largest wind farm, electric train service to halve JB-KL travel time, Samar-Leyte and Panay railway study, Singapore coastal barriers, financing the Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong railway

James Clark

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Aug 26, 2025

Future Southeast Asia News #280

Singapore airports, Techo Airport metro study, Whoosh train debt, Penang's Silicon Island and Andaman Island updates, Bangkok riverside redevelopment, high-speed metro in HCMC

James Clark

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Aug 19, 2025

Future Southeast Asia News #279

Future Southeast Asia Facebook Group, Ho Chi Minh City's two airports' problem, Techo International Airport test flight, Indonesia designates 36 airports as international, Vientiane to launch BRT system, Ipoh Sentral, PH 'Build Better More' infra program, Changi East Urban District, Bangkok MRTA to speed up bidding on four lines, 250 projects worth $48B launched in Vietnam

James Clark

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Aug 12, 2025

Future Southeast Asia News #278

Yogyakarta trip report, airports in the Philippines, Jakarta–Surabaya high-speed rail plan, ECRL project 86% complete, cable car proposal for Penang, Manila to Clark airport in 45 minutes via train by 2032, how Singapore is rethinking nature in the city, Vietnam North–South high-speed railway construction date.

James Clark