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Foreign investors are getting access to various master plans and priority infrastructure projects and hearing directly from policymakers and authorities at the Infrastructure Vietnam Summit that opened on July 25 in Ho Chi Minh City.

The Thai government is pursuing an ambitious plan to build a rail network linking Thailand to other countries in the region, like Singapore and China.

Thailand, Laos and China have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation (MoC) on the development of a rail line connecting Thailand’s Nong Khai province with Laos’s Vientiane capital city.

The Philippine Government is intensifying its plan to extend the national railway network from the current 77km to 1,900km in three years, which is the centre of the country’s economic development policy.

Installing speed bumps and increasing the number of guards at rail crossings are among measures to reduce the number of railway accidents.

Orientations for support industry development and experience in supporting small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) were focused at the Business Partner City (BPC) 2016 conference.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved adjustments to a transport system development plan in the northern economic zone by 2020.