Cambodia Thai Vietnam bus service

[geovalin]

Thailand has proposed Cambodia initiate a bus service that links the two countries and Vietnam which will strengthen connectivity between the Asean countries. The proposal was made during a meeting between Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol and his Thai counterpart Arkhom Termpittayapaisith in Phnom Penh late last week.

 

According to the ministry, the proposal was for a luxury bus service to link Phnom Penh, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh cities. “Minister Sun Chanthol gave the green light to the proposal and instructed ministry officials to work and discuss the project in detail,” said Va Simsorya, spokesman at the Transport Ministry.

 

“It is a good project that links people in three countries on one bus line,” said Mr Simsorya. He, however, added that legal procedures needed to be first harmonised before the project could take off the ground.

 

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[jimster]

This might take many, many years to get off the ground. Although Vietnam is reportedly allowing 20 Thai trucks a day in at the Lao Bao crossing to deliver/pick up goods at Danang, I think they will take a long time to approve Thai buses driving into the country. Then again, it might not be that difficult to drive the 80km from the Cambodian border to downtown HCMC; Cambodian buses have been doing it for years but it would be the first time Thai RHD buses will be driving in Vietnam.