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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Thai industrial estate developer Amata Corp invests $1bn to build industrial complex in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city Amata aims to woo foreign manufacturers with modern industrial zone in Yangon NAYPYITAW — Thai industrial estate developer Amata Corp. plans to build an industrial complex with an investment of $1 billion in Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city. The […]
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Hitachi Construction Machinery Thailand hands over electric shovel fleet for work at Mae Moh mine in Thailand Italian-Thai Development to use seven Hitachi EX3600E-6LD mining excavators in Project 9 at the huge Mae Moh lignite coal mine 03 February 2020 On January 14, 2020, Hitachi Construction Machinery Thailand completed the handover of seven units of […]
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18km bridge linking mainland Nakhon Si Thammarat with Koh Samui urged Phalang Pracharath Party MPs have raised a motion in the House to build a bridge linking mainland Nakhon Si Thammarat with Koh Samui, a popular tourist destination. Sayan Yuttitham and Rong Boonsuaykwan, both MPs of the ruling PPRP for Nakhon Si Thammarat, submitted the […]
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Thailand’s Office of National Water Resources to complete its study of nine major flood-fighting plans for the lower Chao Phraya River basin Survey to help chart out future plans The Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) expects to finish its study of nine major flood-fighting plans for the lower Chao Phraya River basin this month. […]
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