"The Asian Development Bank has approved a $1.1 billion finance package for two major transportation projects that will help ease traffic gridlock in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam's southern commercial hub, the bank said Tuesday." from National Public Radio

"Ho Chi Minh City's current population of 9 million is expected to reach almost 14 million by 2025."

"India's building boom sees lack of engineers" from South China Morning Post

"The World Bank estimates that the country's urban population will grow from 331 million to 500 million by 2017, putting massive pressure on civic infrastructure."

"In the last 10 years, Aurangabad has doubled in population to nearly 2 million, as Western companies such as engineering giant Siements and brewer SABMiller built plants there and as Mumbai manufacturers found affordable sites for new factories." from Bloomberg Businessweek