Overview
All transport modes play a role in Indonesia’s transport system and are generally complementary rather than competitive. Road transport is the predominant mode, accounting for about 70 percent of freight ton-km and 82 percent of passenger km. There are four unconnected railway networks in Java and Sumatra dedicated primarily to transport bulk commodities and [...]
August 26, 2008
Transport in Indonesia
August 26, 2008
Transport in Vietnam
The transport sector has contributed positively to the economic growth of Vietnam over the past decade and has helped reduce poverty directly through better linkages to markets, education and health facilities and indirectly through its contribution to growth.
This is evident from surveys indicating that investment location in northern Vietnam, for example, was heavily influenced by [...]