News in Asia

Yesterday in Thailand was noted the increasing of traffic accident because of the New Year holidays’ beginning.

The Greater Mekong Subregion including Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, experiencing difficulties in the development because of poor infrastructure and roads. At this time the officials develop a plan for development of the Subregion.

The Vietnamese public transport system is already preparing to Tet – the Lunar New Year in Vietnam which is held on the same day as Chinese New Year.

With a view to serve all passengers in the New Year night the Authorities of Airport Rail Link from Suvarnabhumi Airport decided to prolong its work.

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The main carrier of Malaysia - Malaysia Airlines has launched Grand Sale on the occasion of New Year celebration.

To support congested traffic during New Year celebration Thai Army will offer 227 military bases along main highways as a rest areas for drivers.

More airlines in Indonesia open new route to bypass the main Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Jakarta, which is congested in these latter days. Batam on the Riau Islands with Hang Nadim International Airport becomes new hub in western Indonesia.

Indonesian Pinang Kampai Airport at Dumai was temporarily closed to commercial flights because it hasn't passed a safety evaluation and it is in critical condition.

During Christmas and New Year celebrations drivers in Malaysia will be able to move through the main expressways such as Guthrie Corridor (GCE) and the East Coast (ECE) with cut taxes.

Last Sunday the Skytrain (BTS) in Bangkok noted the maximum daily revenue. During the mass antigovernment demonstration in the capital of Thailand about 767,305 trips were made in one day.

To cope with crowds of passengers during New Year holidays the State Railway of Thailand and the Transport Company plans to launch additional trains and buses without fees.

Last Sunday morning the Caretaker Prime Minister of Thailand Yingluck Shinawatra with a number of ministers traveled by train to inspect the work of railway from Udon Thani to Nong Khai.

As investors reported, a 20km section of the expressway from the Eastern Ring Road (Second Ring Road) in District 9 of HCM City to National Highway No 51 in neighbouring Dong Nai Province will be opened on 30 December this year.

To ease the connection between airports and overland transport Air Asia launches new option “City Transfer Service” for irs passengers.

To serve the increased number of passengers during the New Year celebration the Authorities of Skytrain in Bangkok took a decision to prolong its work up to 2AM on 1 January.

Except Myanmar, Vietnam is only one country of ASEAN Community which doesn’t have clear system of ‘visa-on-arrival’ receipt for foreign travelers and demands pre-approval process before arriving.

8 Vietnamese engineers during one year developed a revolutionary system for tourists who want to discover the country on the bicycle.

To reduce incidents of sexual harassment and violence the Anti-Alcohol Organization applied to the Public Health Ministry of Thailand to ban the sale of alcohol at the stations and in the trains.

After the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) of Thailand approved the installation of equipment to provide WiFi on the board of aircraft at once two Thai airlines launches new option.