Aman’s first urban hotel and residences in Thailand rises from Bangkok’s Nai Lert private gardens Development includes 52-suite hotel, private residences Prices start at about $1.4 million, almost half already sold In the middle of Bangkok’s concrete jungle, Aman, best known for its luxury beach resorts, is building its first urban hotel and residences in […]
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Vietnam advised to restart nuclear energy program With its energy deficit rising every year, several experts are advising Vietnam to reconsider the shelved nuclear power program. Nuclear energy is one of the recommendations made by experts as the Industry and Trade Ministry (MoIT) gathers public inputs for its 2021-2030 National Energy Master Plan. Tran Xuan […]
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Country Group Development puts new projects on hold but will still open two luxury hotels in 2020 SET-listed Country Group Development is freezing new development plans in the second half but says it will still open two luxury hotels this year. Chief executive Ben Taechaubol said the company this year will focus on Chao Phraya […]
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Thailand’s Prime Minister dusts off South Land Bridge plan between the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Tuesday ordered a new feasibility study into a proposal to build a land bridge between the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea, seen as a potential key part of a new […]
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Myanmar to build inland ports to improve river transportation The Ministry of Transport and Communications is planning to develop several inland ports at the Ayeyarwady River and Chindwin River, to improve inland logistics and river transportation, said Toe Aung Lin, a director at the ministry’s Directorate of Water Resources and Improvement of River Systems. New […]
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Germany’s Roland Berger to manage procurement process $1.5bn Myanmar development near Yangon The New Yangon City Development Company has hired German consultant Roland Berger to manage the procurement process for a $1.5bn urban quarter to be built on the west side of the Yangon River. The 8,100ha industrial-commercial zone was to have been built as […]
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Dusit International opens ASAI hotel brand with opening of ASAI Bangkok Chinatown Dusit International will begin rolling out its new ASAI Hotels brand this month with the opening of ASAI Bangkok Chinatown in the heart of the city’s renowned Chinatown district. Six other properties will follow the 15 September opening of ASAI Chinatown as the […]
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Bidding for Bangkok’s MRTA 23.6km Purple Line extension set for 2021 By THE NATION Bidding for construction and operation of Bangkok’s Purple Line extension will open next year, the Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) announced last week. Land will be requisitioned to extend the line south from Tao Poon station to Rat Burana […]
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New condo supply launched in Pattaya dipped 95% in the first half of 2020 New condo supply launched in Pattaya dipped 95% in the first half because of the glut of unsold units last year and a drop in foreign demand during the pandemic. Phattarachai Taweewong, associate director at property consultant Colliers International Thailand, said […]
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Former Pollution Control chief and two officials to pay 10.5 billion baht in infamous water treatment project case SEE ALSO: Supreme Court Orders Vatana, 10 More Jailed Over Klong Dan Thailand’s Central Administrative Court has ordered former Director-General of the Pollution Control Department, Pakit Kiravanich, and two former senior officials of the same department, to […]
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