Future Southeast Asia

Transport and urban development in Southeast Asia

James Clark

Thakhek Dream World City – new urban area and theme park proposal in Southern Laos

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Thakhek Dream World City was a proposed new urban area and theme park in the Thakhek Specific Economic Zone in Khammouane Province, Laos. The Thakhek Dream World City site is located near the Third Thai–Lao Friendship Bridge, opposite Nakhon Phanom in Thailand on the other side of the Mekong River. The proposal included a residential, […]

Vinhomes Hai Van Bay

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Vinhomes Hai Van Bay (also known as Lang Van Urban Resort and Tourism Complex) is a new urban area and tourism complex being built on Da Nang Bay in Da Nang City. The project is located in the former Vân Village on the Hai Van Pass (Đèo Hải Vân), which was only accessible by boat […]

Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong Railway

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The Lao Cai-Hanoi-Hai Phong Railway is an upgrade of the current railway along the same route. The original line is a metre-gauge railway that was built by France to connect Kunming in China to the port in Haiphong. The new line will be a standard-gauge railway that will be connected to the standard-gauge railway from […]