Da Nang has been booming over the last decade, becoming an increasingly popular tourist destination and central business hub in Vietnam. This growth has come to a grinding halt with the onset of the COVID-19 virus. In 2020 Da Nang recorded negative economic growth for the first time in over 20 years. It’s been especially […]
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Ho Chi Minh City construction update – 2020 edition
This is the second annual Ho Chi Minh City construction update (here is the 2019 construction update), and what a difference a year makes. At the end of 2019 Vietnam had recorded over 7% GDP annual growth, capping off a record decade of growth. And then COVID-19 struck. With international travel all but closed down, […]
Vega City Nha Trang: seaside leisure and entertainment complex
Vega City Nha Trang is a coastal resort/new urban area that features hotels, villas, shophouses, and an entertainment area. Vega City is 13 km from the city centre (measured from Agarwood Tower), at the northeastern tip of Nha Trang Bay. Work began in May 2020 and it is now partially open. Project Title: Champarama Resort […]
Nha Trang construction update – 2020 edition
Nha Trang was in the midst of a construction boom in 2019, with Cam Ranh International Airport reaching 10 million passengers for the first time. As I noted in my Vietnam aviation report for 2019, Cam Ranh airport was serving flights to 30 cities in mainland China every week. [Cam Ranh International Airport passenger statistics […]
Ho Chi Minh City – Phnom Penh Railway: news about the proposed railway between Vietnam and Cambodia
The Ho Chi Minh City – Phnom Penh Railway is a proposed railway connecting the capital of Cambodia with the largest city in Vietnam. It currently takes 7-8 hours to travel by bus between Ho Chi Minh City to Phnom Penh. A train could potentially reduce the trip to under 2 hours. Despite the two […]
Future Phan Thiet / Mui Ne, Binh Thuan Province – Vietnam
Bình Thuan province is located in the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. The capital of Phan Thiet is a fishing port city that is best known in Vietnam for its beaches. The biggest tourism attraction is Mui Ne, which is a popular destination for Saigonese looking for a convenient city break. Mui Ne is […]
Thanh Long Bay: A resort/new urban development on the South Central Coast of Vietnam
Thanh Long Bay is a resort/new urban development in Binh Thuan province on the South Central Coast region of Vietnam. The project covers an area of 90.3 ha with a beachfront of 1.7km. It includes resort villas, apartments, hotels, and shophouses. It will be a place to live as well as a tourist destination. This […]
Ho Chi Minh City Metro 2020 construction update
Ho Chi Minh City is in the process of building its first metro line in a planned 9-line urban rail transit system of metro, light rail, and monorails. As part of the Future Southeast Asia annual construction report series, this article refers to developments over the past year. Here is the 2020 construction update for […]
Future Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area – Construction and infrastructure projects in Greater HCMC
The Ho Chi Minh City Metropolitan Area comprises of Ho Chi Minh City and seven surrounding provinces. Ho Chi Minh City has been growing so fast that cities in neighbouring provinces have been subsumed into Greater Ho Chi Minh City. The official designated metropolitan area includes all the provinces in the Southeast region and two […]
Hanoi Metro 2020 construction update
There are two lines under construction on the Hanoi Metro, and when completed they will be the first urban transit railway in Vietnam. Both lines were due to be open by now, but there have been years of delays that have kept the lines from opening. It’s been a frustrating wait for Hanoians (and regular […]
