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成为亚细安物流枢纽 泰国要建跨亚洲多国高铁网络
成为亚细安物流枢纽 泰国要建跨亚洲多国高铁网络
泰媒报道，高铁工程主要分为泰国到老挝及中国南部、泰国到柬埔寨、泰国到马来西亚和新加坡，以及曼谷到清迈四条路线，全长达3193公里，造价约914亿新元。
（曼谷讯）泰国政府希望通过一个横跨亚洲多国的高铁网络，致力推动泰国发展成为亚细安的物流枢纽。
《曼谷邮报》报道，这项庞大工程主要分为泰国到老挝及中国南部、泰国到柬埔寨、泰国到马来西亚和新加坡，以及曼谷到清迈四条路线，全长达3193公里，造价约2.07万亿泰铢（约914亿新元）。
可从中国开到新加坡
泰国交通部副部长拜林说，泰国政府希望这个高铁网络可以从中国一路开往新加坡。他说：“到时候，人们就可从曼谷城区挽赐（Bang Sue）乘高铁北上中国北京或南下新加坡。”
连接曼谷和毗邻老挝的东北部廊开府（Nong Khai）的第一阶段工程正在兴建，预计2023年竣工。这一段铁路长达608公里，落成之后，将会成为曼谷通往老挝的主要运输系统。
下一段铁路将把泰国和老挝边境与老挝首都万象连接，最后一段铁路则会将万象与中国云南省边城磨憨镇相连接。
据一个不愿具名的老挝官员说，万象与磨憨镇之间长达414公里的铁路至今已经完成了55%，衔接万象与廊开的铁路工程也已经展开。
他说：“这是一个将我们从内陆国家转变为有土地联系的国家。”他指，目前人们要从万象前往磨憨镇需要两天，但如后有了高铁，来往这两地“就只需要三个小时”。
老挝希望跨国高铁网络能促进经济发展。受访官员预计，有了这条高铁路线，未来到访老挝的中国游客每年可能多达1000万至2000万人次。
泰国也希望借助这个跨国高铁网络来刺激其经济发展，尤其是该铁路网络将把廊开与泰国东部经济走廊（EEC）衔接起来；泰国东部经济走廊是在泰国东部沿海三府北柳、春武里和罗勇设立的国家经济特区，旨在将泰国东部打造为一个现代智能生产的工业中心。
由于项目的重要性和成本非常高，政府应该认真地与中国谈判，并研究随后的利益和条件。从长远来看，我们需要能自己照顾铁路的一切运作，而毋需依靠中国。——泰中战略研究中心前主任阿克松斯里
泰国国立法政大学经济学院副教授、泰中战略研究中心前主任阿克松斯里表示，高铁网络是中国倡议“一带一路”计划的一部分，落成后将会提高泰国的竞争力和与邻国的联系。
不过她指出，发展高铁网络存在一定担忧，主要是在软件和系统安全方面，其他可能影响铁路网络建造项目的障碍还包括“高建筑和征收成本”。放眼望去，泰国日后决定购买中国科技时，也必须明智地进行谈判。
她说：“由于这个项目的重要性和其成本非常高，政府应该认真地与中国谈判，并研究随后的利益和条件。从长远来看，我们需要能自己照顾铁路的一切运作，而毋需依靠中国。”
~联合早报~
泰媒报道，高铁工程主要分为泰国到老挝及中国南部、泰国到柬埔寨、泰国到马来西亚和新加坡，以及曼谷到清迈四条路线，全长达3193公里，造价约914亿新元。
（曼谷讯）泰国政府希望通过一个横跨亚洲多国的高铁网络，致力推动泰国发展成为亚细安的物流枢纽。
《曼谷邮报》报道，这项庞大工程主要分为泰国到老挝及中国南部、泰国到柬埔寨、泰国到马来西亚和新加坡，以及曼谷到清迈四条路线，全长达3193公里，造价约2.07万亿泰铢（约914亿新元）。
可从中国开到新加坡
泰国交通部副部长拜林说，泰国政府希望这个高铁网络可以从中国一路开往新加坡。他说：“到时候，人们就可从曼谷城区挽赐（Bang Sue）乘高铁北上中国北京或南下新加坡。”
连接曼谷和毗邻老挝的东北部廊开府（Nong Khai）的第一阶段工程正在兴建，预计2023年竣工。这一段铁路长达608公里，落成之后，将会成为曼谷通往老挝的主要运输系统。
下一段铁路将把泰国和老挝边境与老挝首都万象连接，最后一段铁路则会将万象与中国云南省边城磨憨镇相连接。
据一个不愿具名的老挝官员说，万象与磨憨镇之间长达414公里的铁路至今已经完成了55%，衔接万象与廊开的铁路工程也已经展开。
他说：“这是一个将我们从内陆国家转变为有土地联系的国家。”他指，目前人们要从万象前往磨憨镇需要两天，但如后有了高铁，来往这两地“就只需要三个小时”。
老挝希望跨国高铁网络能促进经济发展。受访官员预计，有了这条高铁路线，未来到访老挝的中国游客每年可能多达1000万至2000万人次。
泰国也希望借助这个跨国高铁网络来刺激其经济发展，尤其是该铁路网络将把廊开与泰国东部经济走廊（EEC）衔接起来；泰国东部经济走廊是在泰国东部沿海三府北柳、春武里和罗勇设立的国家经济特区，旨在将泰国东部打造为一个现代智能生产的工业中心。
由于项目的重要性和成本非常高，政府应该认真地与中国谈判，并研究随后的利益和条件。从长远来看，我们需要能自己照顾铁路的一切运作，而毋需依靠中国。——泰中战略研究中心前主任阿克松斯里
泰国国立法政大学经济学院副教授、泰中战略研究中心前主任阿克松斯里表示，高铁网络是中国倡议“一带一路”计划的一部分，落成后将会提高泰国的竞争力和与邻国的联系。
不过她指出，发展高铁网络存在一定担忧，主要是在软件和系统安全方面，其他可能影响铁路网络建造项目的障碍还包括“高建筑和征收成本”。放眼望去，泰国日后决定购买中国科技时，也必须明智地进行谈判。
她说：“由于这个项目的重要性和其成本非常高，政府应该认真地与中国谈判，并研究随后的利益和条件。从长远来看，我们需要能自己照顾铁路的一切运作，而毋需依靠中国。”
~联合早报~
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
获亚洲开发银行资助‧重建上丁省机场
获亚洲开发银行资助‧重建上丁省机场
在亚洲开发银行（ADB）的资助下，柬埔寨將重建上丁省机场。
据柬埔寨民航国务秘书处发言人辛章西里瓦表示，上丁省机场被纳入湄公河次区域的发展计划，目前亚行正在对此进行深入研究。
他说，上丁省机场被视为湄公河次区域发展中最具潜力，以链接老挝和其他区域国家。
他估计，重建上丁省机场基础需要500至600万美元，可允许小型客机起降；若机场要提昇为接受160至180名乘客客机起降，需要2000至3000万美元进行重建。
柬埔寨旅游联盟主席杜西那表示，如果上丁省机场重新开放，將促进该省至老挝和其他地区国家的往来。
他说，上丁省拥有丰富的自然旅游资源，但基础设施落后，阻碍当地旅游业发展。
（柬埔寨星洲日报）
在亚洲开发银行（ADB）的资助下，柬埔寨將重建上丁省机场。
据柬埔寨民航国务秘书处发言人辛章西里瓦表示，上丁省机场被纳入湄公河次区域的发展计划，目前亚行正在对此进行深入研究。
他说，上丁省机场被视为湄公河次区域发展中最具潜力，以链接老挝和其他区域国家。
他估计，重建上丁省机场基础需要500至600万美元，可允许小型客机起降；若机场要提昇为接受160至180名乘客客机起降，需要2000至3000万美元进行重建。
柬埔寨旅游联盟主席杜西那表示，如果上丁省机场重新开放，將促进该省至老挝和其他地区国家的往来。
他说，上丁省拥有丰富的自然旅游资源，但基础设施落后，阻碍当地旅游业发展。
（柬埔寨星洲日报）
Thursday, March 23, 2017
Laos, Cambodia eye extra flights to boost tourism
Laos, Cambodia eye extra flights to boost tourism
Laos and Cambodia on Monday signed a document agreeing on the need to increase flights between the two neighbours to meet the growing demand for air transport.
Head of the Air Transport Division, Department of Civil Aviation, Mr Viengsay Singkham told Vientiane Times yesterday the minute of a meeting between aviation officials from the two countries was signed in Cambodia following the meeting.
The document aims to amend the Aviation Cooperation Agreement between Laos and Cambodia to facilitate and encourage regional airlines to increase flights between both countries in a bid to promote tourism and economic development.
Officials from both sides will submit the outcomes of the meeting to their higher authorities and proceed with the next steps to amend the agreement.
Director for Air Transport at Cambodia's State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, Vann Chanty, told the Khmer Times that the move will push airlines in both countries to operate more flights between Cambodia and Laos due to increasing demand from tourists.
We need to update the agreement to comply with reality and the demands of the market, Mr Chanty was quoted as saying.
Currently, there are three airlines offering flights between Laos and Cambodia. They are Cambodia Angkor Air, Lao Airlines and Vietnam Airlines, and they operate about 21 flights a week.
Mr Chanty said the passenger load between the two countries increased by 5 percent last year to 178,000 and he believed the figure would hit 200,000 in the next two years.
Director-General of the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, Keo Sivorn, told the Khmer Times the new agreement would make it easier for airlines to have direct flights between Cambodia and Laos and would open up new routes, such as from Phnom Penh and Preah Sihanouk to Vientiane or Luang Prabang.
Lao and Cambodian officials say that increasing transport connectivity will boost tourism growth in both countries as tourism businesses and tour operators are introducing joint package tours to encourage visitors arriving one country to travel onward to another country.
Earlier this month, both Cambodia and Laos, in a bid to promote bilateral tourism, announced they would create joint tour packages to facilitate travel to both countries.
Some 1.3 million international tourists visited Cambodia in the first two months of 2017, of which 65,675 were from Laos. This was a 64.5 percent increase compared to last year, according to the Khmer Times .
Meanwhile, Laos welcomed more than 4.23 million foreign visitors in 2016, of whom 16,536 were Cambodians.
~News courtesy of Vientiane Times~
Laos and Cambodia on Monday signed a document agreeing on the need to increase flights between the two neighbours to meet the growing demand for air transport.
Head of the Air Transport Division, Department of Civil Aviation, Mr Viengsay Singkham told Vientiane Times yesterday the minute of a meeting between aviation officials from the two countries was signed in Cambodia following the meeting.
The document aims to amend the Aviation Cooperation Agreement between Laos and Cambodia to facilitate and encourage regional airlines to increase flights between both countries in a bid to promote tourism and economic development.
Officials from both sides will submit the outcomes of the meeting to their higher authorities and proceed with the next steps to amend the agreement.
Director for Air Transport at Cambodia's State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, Vann Chanty, told the Khmer Times that the move will push airlines in both countries to operate more flights between Cambodia and Laos due to increasing demand from tourists.
We need to update the agreement to comply with reality and the demands of the market, Mr Chanty was quoted as saying.
Currently, there are three airlines offering flights between Laos and Cambodia. They are Cambodia Angkor Air, Lao Airlines and Vietnam Airlines, and they operate about 21 flights a week.
Mr Chanty said the passenger load between the two countries increased by 5 percent last year to 178,000 and he believed the figure would hit 200,000 in the next two years.
Director-General of the State Secretariat of Civil Aviation, Keo Sivorn, told the Khmer Times the new agreement would make it easier for airlines to have direct flights between Cambodia and Laos and would open up new routes, such as from Phnom Penh and Preah Sihanouk to Vientiane or Luang Prabang.
Lao and Cambodian officials say that increasing transport connectivity will boost tourism growth in both countries as tourism businesses and tour operators are introducing joint package tours to encourage visitors arriving one country to travel onward to another country.
Earlier this month, both Cambodia and Laos, in a bid to promote bilateral tourism, announced they would create joint tour packages to facilitate travel to both countries.
Some 1.3 million international tourists visited Cambodia in the first two months of 2017, of which 65,675 were from Laos. This was a 64.5 percent increase compared to last year, according to the Khmer Times .
Meanwhile, Laos welcomed more than 4.23 million foreign visitors in 2016, of whom 16,536 were Cambodians.
~News courtesy of Vientiane Times~
Thursday, January 12, 2017
New Laos-Cambodia border crossing opens
New Laos-Cambodia border crossing opens
Champasak province in Laos, in the lower Mekong basin shares, a common border with Cambodia. (Photo: KT/Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan)
A new crossing on the Cambodia-Laos border, the Trapeang Kreal international border gate, opened officially on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Hun Sen and Laso Premier Thongloun Sisoulith were to preside over the ceremony, Cambodia’s Foreign Ministry said.
The crossing connects Cambodia’s Stung Treng province with Laos’ Champasak province, according to a report by the Khmer Times.
Thonglien Sibounthien, managing director of Viengchampa Tour in the Laos city of Luang Phrabang, said on Monday the opening of the border gate will not only facilitate tourism but also boost trade between the countries.
“Opening the border is really good and that is very important for both of us. It means better income,” he said.
However, the poor state of the roads was still a concern and visas were expensive, aspects which each country has to improve.
The opening of the gate follows the state visit by the new Laos prime minister to Cambodia in June.
At the time Mr Sibounthien urged Cambodia to increase trade and investment in its northern neighbour because commerce between the two countries was small and there was ample room for expansion.
The president and group CEO of Acleda Bank, In Channy, also welcomed the opening of the gate. The Cambodian bank has invested in Laos since 2008,
He said it would play a big role in promoting investment, trade and investment with Laos.
Visitors from Laos to Cambodia fell in the first 11 months of last year.
Numbers dropped more than 10% to 314,415 from 349,759 in the same period a year earlier, but Laos was still number five on the list of international visitors to Cambodia, the Tourism Ministry said.
~News courtesy of Bangkok Post~
Champasak province in Laos, in the lower Mekong basin shares, a common border with Cambodia. (Photo: KT/Sonny Inbaraj Krishnan)
A new crossing on the Cambodia-Laos border, the Trapeang Kreal international border gate, opened officially on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Hun Sen and Laso Premier Thongloun Sisoulith were to preside over the ceremony, Cambodia’s Foreign Ministry said.
The crossing connects Cambodia’s Stung Treng province with Laos’ Champasak province, according to a report by the Khmer Times.
Thonglien Sibounthien, managing director of Viengchampa Tour in the Laos city of Luang Phrabang, said on Monday the opening of the border gate will not only facilitate tourism but also boost trade between the countries.
“Opening the border is really good and that is very important for both of us. It means better income,” he said.
However, the poor state of the roads was still a concern and visas were expensive, aspects which each country has to improve.
The opening of the gate follows the state visit by the new Laos prime minister to Cambodia in June.
At the time Mr Sibounthien urged Cambodia to increase trade and investment in its northern neighbour because commerce between the two countries was small and there was ample room for expansion.
The president and group CEO of Acleda Bank, In Channy, also welcomed the opening of the gate. The Cambodian bank has invested in Laos since 2008,
He said it would play a big role in promoting investment, trade and investment with Laos.
Visitors from Laos to Cambodia fell in the first 11 months of last year.
Numbers dropped more than 10% to 314,415 from 349,759 in the same period a year earlier, but Laos was still number five on the list of international visitors to Cambodia, the Tourism Ministry said.
~News courtesy of Bangkok Post~
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
New Checkpoints on Lao-Cambodian Border
New Checkpoints on Lao-Cambodian Border
Prime Minister Hun Sen met with Laos’ Prime Minister Thongloung Sisoulith yesterday at the Peace Palace. KT/ Mai Vireak
More border checkpoints will be opened between Cambodia and Laos after both countries agreed to increase bilateral trade yesterday.
The decision came after a meeting in Phnom Penh between Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Lao counterpart Thongloung Sisoulith after a series of talks related to trade, investment, tourism, illegal border crossings and cross-border peacekeeping.
More information on the new checkpoints will be released soon, assistant to the prime minister Ieng Sophalet told reporters after the meeting. He added that the new checkpoints are being created for the use of citizens from both countries to promote cross-border investment, trade and tourism.
While Mr. Sophalet would not say where the new checkpoints will be, a Foreign Ministry statement released earlier this month said one will be built in Preah Vihear province.
The checkpoint’s construction is part of a larger plan to link the two countries with a road and bridge over the Ropov River, making it easy to cross between Preah Vihear and Laos’ Pakse province.
Now the only official overland route between the neighbors is through the Voeung Kam-Dom Kralor checkpoint in Stung Treng, opposite Laos’ Pakse province.
The new border checkpoint will give residents the option of entering Laos and Cambodia respectively through legal means, Mr. Sophalet added.
According to the Foreign Ministry, Cambodia’s consul office in Stung Treng province will be open on June 30, with the Lao side opening on July 1.
Mey Kalyan, a senior advisor to the Supreme National Economic Council, said the new consul offices will help communications between Cambodia and Laos.
“In the name of neighboring countries, we have to help each other in terms of facilitating mutual trade activities,” Mr. Kalyan said. The Cambodia-Laos border is about 54 kilometers long.
Not discussed during yesterday’s meeting was Laos’ controversial Don Sahong dam, which is being built less than two kilometers upstream of the Cambodian border. Despite the government in Laos claiming the dam will have no effect on the Mekong River ecosystem or their downstream neighbors, international experts disagree.
The newly-elected prime minister of Laos is on a two-day official visit to Cambodia after taking office in April. He is set to leave the Kingdom tomorrow.
~News courtesy of Khmer Times~
Prime Minister Hun Sen met with Laos’ Prime Minister Thongloung Sisoulith yesterday at the Peace Palace. KT/ Mai Vireak
More border checkpoints will be opened between Cambodia and Laos after both countries agreed to increase bilateral trade yesterday.
The decision came after a meeting in Phnom Penh between Prime Minister Hun Sen and his Lao counterpart Thongloung Sisoulith after a series of talks related to trade, investment, tourism, illegal border crossings and cross-border peacekeeping.
More information on the new checkpoints will be released soon, assistant to the prime minister Ieng Sophalet told reporters after the meeting. He added that the new checkpoints are being created for the use of citizens from both countries to promote cross-border investment, trade and tourism.
While Mr. Sophalet would not say where the new checkpoints will be, a Foreign Ministry statement released earlier this month said one will be built in Preah Vihear province.
The checkpoint’s construction is part of a larger plan to link the two countries with a road and bridge over the Ropov River, making it easy to cross between Preah Vihear and Laos’ Pakse province.
Now the only official overland route between the neighbors is through the Voeung Kam-Dom Kralor checkpoint in Stung Treng, opposite Laos’ Pakse province.
The new border checkpoint will give residents the option of entering Laos and Cambodia respectively through legal means, Mr. Sophalet added.
According to the Foreign Ministry, Cambodia’s consul office in Stung Treng province will be open on June 30, with the Lao side opening on July 1.
Mey Kalyan, a senior advisor to the Supreme National Economic Council, said the new consul offices will help communications between Cambodia and Laos.
“In the name of neighboring countries, we have to help each other in terms of facilitating mutual trade activities,” Mr. Kalyan said. The Cambodia-Laos border is about 54 kilometers long.
Not discussed during yesterday’s meeting was Laos’ controversial Don Sahong dam, which is being built less than two kilometers upstream of the Cambodian border. Despite the government in Laos claiming the dam will have no effect on the Mekong River ecosystem or their downstream neighbors, international experts disagree.
The newly-elected prime minister of Laos is on a two-day official visit to Cambodia after taking office in April. He is set to leave the Kingdom tomorrow.
~News courtesy of Khmer Times~
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia focus on development triangle
Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia focus on development triangle
A conference on trade, investment and tourism for the Cambodia-Laos-Vietnam development triangle took place in the central highland province of Kon Tum yesterday, December 5.
More than 400 domestic and foreign businesses participated in the conference.
Two-way trade between Vietnam and Laos, and Vietnam and Cambodia is estimated to reach a combined total of more than US$4 billion this year.
Vietnam is investing in 50 projects worth close to $1.7 billion in Laos, and 25 projects valued at $1.5 billion in Cambodia.
At the conference, Pham Thi Hong Thanh, deputy head of the Department of Asia-Pacific Market under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, pointed out the obstacles faced by business circles of the three countries such as transport, lending requirements and low consumer demand.
Youn Heng, director of the Department of Evaluation and Incentives under the Cambodian Council for Development, said his country will boost investment in hydropower, thermal power and the power transmission network in the future.
Besides, firms are facing a workforce shortage in Laos and are challenged by the distance between Ho Chi Minh City and Champassak Province. Multinational trade traffic through the south of Laos via northeast Cambodia to the southern provinces of Vietnam is slow.
Cao Viet Sinh, Vietnam’s deputy minister of Planning and Investment, said in future, ministries and agencies of the three countries need to accelerate the construction and completion of the investment and business law; policies relating to taxes, customs, labor; administrative procedures relating to licenses, investment, business--ensuring transparency, the coherence from the central to local levels in order to reduce the time, costs for investors, improve the competitiveness of enterprises.
Cao Viet Sinh, deputy minister of Planning and Investment, stressed that to exploit the regions potential one needs to improve infrastructure, offer incentives to encourage the participation of all economic sectors, and accelerate the implementation of the triangle’s development master plan approved by leaders of the three governments.
The countries also need to complete the investment and business legal framework, policies on tax, customs and labor, and administrative procedures to ensure transparency and synchronicity at all levels of governance from central to grassroots level, Sinh added.
The Cambodia–Laos–Vietnam development triangle comprises of 13 border provinces of the three countries. Initiated by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen in Vientiane in 1999, the area was established to enhance solidarity and cooperation for socio-economic development, poverty reduction and security in the region.
Meanwhile a trade fair was organized in the central highland province of Kon Tum where handmade crafts by artisans from Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were on exhibit.
The fair opened on December 4 and brought together 700 businesses that are displaying their high-quality products in 360 stalls.
The fair is part of a series of events to herald the 8th Conference of the Vietnam-Laos-Cambodia Triangle Development Coordinating Committee and the 100th anniversary of Kon Tum Province (February 9, 1913).
~News courtesy of SGGP~
Monday, November 19, 2012
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