Homebuilder Landy Home Thailand applies dual strategy to homebuilding plan Homebuilder Landy Home Thailand Co is embracing a two-pronged approach: lower-end units priced at less than 4 million baht and luxury houses priced at more than 15 million baht. Pornrat Maneerattanaporn, deputy managing director and director of the sales department, said both segments have strong […]
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Laos supplies 195MW power from Don Sahong Dam to Cambodia’s national grid Nearly 200 megawatts of electricity from Don Sahong Dam in Laos has been linked to Cambodia’s national grid after the dam finished tests on four electricity generators. The power linking was made between interim transmitters in Laos and transmitters in Cambodia’s Stung Treng […]
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Vietnam’s Real-estate developer CapitaLand named one of world’s most sustainable corporations HCM CITY — Real-estate developer CapitaLand has been recognised as one of the world’s most sustainable corporations for the third consecutive year. The company was ranked 63rd in the 2020 Global 100 “Most Sustainable Corporations In The World” index by Corporate Knights Inc. This […]
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Thailand’s Administrative Court calls halt to Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s Chao Phraya river promenade project 06 February 2020 The Administrative Court on Wednesday ordered the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to halt development of a 57-kilometre promenade along the Chao Phraya River. The court ruled that given its size and purpose, the project is classified as a […]
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Thai Cabinet decides “to stop the project” on China-led plan to dredge Mekong river 5 February 2020, 05:23PM Beijing has long wanted to blast 97 kilometres (60 miles) of rocks and dredge the riverbed in northern Thailand to open up a passage for massive cargo ships. The vision is to create a river trade link […]
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Vietnam surpasses Malaysia and Thailand to reach the largest installed capacity of solar power in Southeast Asia Solar power is making a strong showing in Vietnam after years of shuttling from one extreme to the other, with the nation looking sometimes like it would revert to coal, and other times like it would invest in […]
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CG Corporation to form business partnership for power generation system in Rayong’s CPGC industrial estate Thai-Chinese joint venture CG Corporation is in talks with independent power producers (IPPs) to form a business partnership for a power generation system in the CPGC industrial estate. Founded with paid-up capital of 2 billion baht, CG Corporation is a […]
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VietNam’s two big cities HCMC and Hanoi lead region in dynamic growth reports Jones Lang LaSalle HCM CITY — HCM City and Hà Nội continue to lead the momentum in Southeast Asia, ranking third and seventh among the most dynamic cities in the world, according to the City Momentum Index recently issued by property consultant […]
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Airports of Thailand plans third runway bidding for March 2020 at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport 5 February 2020 Airports of Thailand (AoT) has scheduled March 6 for bids for a contract to build the third runway at Suvarnabhumi airport, a source said yesterday. According to the source, the third runway project, valued at 21.79 billion baht, […]
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Bangkok Metropolitan Administration orders all construction work in Bangkok – including seven electric train projects – halted for two days to curb dust pollutants 04 February 2020 The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has ordered all construction work in Bangkok — including seven electric train projects — to be halted until Thursday as it steps up […]
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