There are different plans to connect Ho Chi Minh City to its new airport by rail, but not a single line has begun construction months before the airport is expected to open. Long Thanh International Airport will become the second airport of Ho Chi Minh City upon its opening in December 2025. Two problems have not […]
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Singapore Airports: Map of commercial airports in Singapore
Southeast Asia Airports > Singapore Airports Singapore has two commercial airports: Changi Airport and Seletar Airport. There is not much to list here, but I’m making a list of airports for every country in Southeast Asia, so here is the list of commercial airports in Singapore. Singapore airports map [View map of airports in Singapore.] […]
Thu Thiem Eco Smart City – Ho Chi Minh City riverside development by Lotte
Thu Thiem Eco Smart City is one of the major riverside developments the Thu Thiem new Urban Area in Ho Chi Minh City. With its prime location opposite District 1, this project is set to become a prominent landmark of the Saigon River waterfront. The project is being developed by the Lotte Group from South […]
Ho Chi Minh City’s two airports’ problem
Long Thanh International Airport is expected to open this year, but which airlines will fly there remains unclear. Dubai and Bangkok provide two models for how to proceed in the short-term and long-term. Long Thanh International Airport Long Thanh International Airport is the planned second airport of Ho Chi Minh City. The airport is in […]
Bangkok Grey Line Monorail
The Grey Line is a proposed monorail line in Bangkok by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). The Grey Line would provide another north-south route connecting the northeast suburbs to central Bangkok. The first section that has been proposed is the 19-kilometre segment from Watcharapol to Thong Lor. This begins in the north at Watcharapol Station […]
What Yogyakarta can learn from Siem Reap (and vice versa)
Yogyakarta Trip Report: Yogyakarta should look to Siem Reap’s street reconstruction project, and Siem Reap should have an airport rail link like Yogyakarta. Yogyakarta is the capital city of the Special Region of Yogyakarta in Central Java. The city is 20 km away from the Borobudur temple complex, which is the largest Buddhist temple in the […]
Airports in the Philippines
Southeast Asia Airports > Philippines Airports List and map of current and future airports in the Philippines. Philippines airports map [View Google Map of airports in the Philippines.] Red=International Blue=Domestic Yellow=Under construction The base for this list is the Wikipedia list of airports in the Philippines. The airports are grouped into the traditional island groups […]
Philippines High-Speed Railway
There is no official plan for a high-speed railway in the Philippines, but there have been various proposals made by elected officials and the private sector. Most of the proposals have been for a high-speed railway in Luzon. A North-South Luzon HSR was proposed in 2010 by San Miguel Corp. In 2023, Luis Raymund Villafuerte […]
Could the Philippines build a Pan-Philippine High-Speed Railway?
Is it possible to build a high-speed railway from Manila to Davao, and should the Philippines build such a railway? The Philippines is drafting a 30-year railway master plan, which includes rebuilding the railway in Luzon and building a new railway in Mindanao. There have been some mentions of upgrading the proposed railways in Luzon and Mindanao […]
Ho Chi Minh City’s unwelcoming airport bus
The airport bus from Ho Chi Minh City’s new airport terminal is a confusing, slow, and unwelcoming experience. This lack of coordination for a simple bus service does not bode well for transport links to the future second airport. Tan Son Nhat International Airport’s Terminal 3 (T3) officially opened for commercial flights on April 17, 2025. […]
