Thailand and Myanmar Agree to Push Ahead With Myanmar’s Dawei Special Economic Zone

Thailand and Myanmar Agree to Push Ahead With Myanmar’s Dawei Special Economic Zone 04 October 2019 Myanmar and Thailand have published their nine-point agreement to push through the implementation of the long-delayed US$8-billion (12.23-trillion-kyat) Dawei Special Economic Zone (SEZ) in southern Myanmar’s Tanintharyi Region, which is set to be Southeast Asia’s largest industrial complex. After […]

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Proud Real Estate’s Proudputh Liptapanlop, Proud to go her own way in the real estate world

Proud Real Estate’s Proudputh Liptapanlop, Proud to go her own way in the real estate world Forgoing the political path of her famous father, Proudputh Liptapanlop made her moves in the other family business. 05 October 2019 Proudputh Liptapanlop, daughter of heavyweight politician Suwat, has never thought about following in the political footsteps of her […]

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Thai firm Helios Energy to build 40MW solar plant in Uzbekistan

Thai firm Helios Energy to build 40MW solar plant in Uzbekistan 04 October 2019 The government of Uzbekistan and Thailand’s Helios Energy Co. have signed an agreement for the construction of a utility-scale solar photovoltaic plant in Namangan, Uzbekistan. The agreement with Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Innovative Development sees Helios Energy Co. procuring, building and overseeing […]

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Myanmar and Thailand sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for Myanmar-Thai Friendship Bridge 2 (Myawaddy-Mae Sot)

Myanmar and Thailand sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for Myanmar-Thai Friendship Bridge 2 (Myawaddy-Mae Sot) 04 October 2019 Myanmar and Thailand signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on October 2nd aiming for management, maintenance and utilization of Myanmar-Thai Friendship Bridge 2, according to the Ministry of Construction. Construction Minister Han Zaw said that the […]

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Thailand gives CP Group October 15 deadline to sign $7 billion high-speed train project

Thailand gives CP Group October 15 deadline to sign $7 billion high-speed train project 4 October 2019 Thailand has given the agro-industrial conglomerate Charoen Pokphand Group (CP) until 15 October 2019 to sign an investment agreement for the 225 billion baht ($7.36 billion) high-speed train project, a senior official said. Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul […]

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Thailand’s Energy Policy and Planning Office (Eppo) lines up community waste power projects

Thailand’s Energy Policy and Planning Office (Eppo) lines up community waste power projects Government to issue licences for 400MW 03 October 2019 The government plans to issue operating licences for community waste power projects for a combined 400 megawatts of new power capacity during 2019-20. Wattanapong Kurovat, director-general of the Energy Policy and Planning Office […]

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Taiwan’s CTCI expands into power sector with Vietnam project

Taiwan’s CTCI expands into power sector with Vietnam project CTCI Corp (中鼎工程), Taiwan’s largest engineering and construction services provider, has further expanded its services to the power sector after securing a build-operate-transfer project in Vietnam in cooperation with Japanese and South Korean companies for the Van Phong-1 1,320MW Thermal Power Plant BOT Project . The 1.32 […]

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Nam Phong residents attend 1st public hearing of Nam Phong Power Plant Replacement Project in Khon Kaen Province

Nam Phong residents attend 1st public hearing of Nam Phong Power Plant Replacement Project in Khon Kaen Province 02 October 2019 EGAT expresses its appreciation to 1,017 Khon Kaen residents attending the 1st public hearing of the Replacement Project of Nam Phong Power Plant and giving 26 verbal comments, showing public participation in the project […]

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Laos Villagers Resist 50-year Land Concession to Thailand’s Amata Corporation

Laos Villagers Resist 50-year Land Concession to Thailand’s Amata Corporation Proposed industrial zones would be developed on the site 01 October 2019 Residents of seven villages in Laos’ Luang Namtha province are resisting a 7,000-hectare land concession granted to a Thai company that would force them to relocate. The villagers are also concerned that the […]

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