Construction of Vietnam’s Long Thanh Airport to begin next month The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) plans to begin construction of the Long Thanh International Airport in December and complete it by 2025. Lai Xuan Thanh, chairman of the corporation which has been assigned to be the project’s main developer, told VnExpress that it will […]
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Bangkok Mass Transit System awaits word on Green Line deal The Bangkok Mass Transit System Plc (BTSC) and Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) are waiting for clarification from the Interior Ministry on the concession contract of the Green Line. Surapong Laoha-Unya, chief operating officer of BTSC, recently said the BTS Skytrain concession extension for the line […]
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Thailand’s Banpu Plc ploughs ahead with clean energy Company banking on ‘greener and smarter’ concept to drive expansion Despite a need to shift towards defensive business operations, including cuts in capital spending and salaries among executives during the recession, Banpu Plc is not losing steam as it grows in the clean energy field. Renewable energy […]
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China-Laos railway seals roof of its largest Vientiane station building The roof-sealing ceremony for the Vientiane Station’s main building of the China-Laos Railway was held in Lao capital Vientiane on Thursday. This marked the successful completion of the main structure’s construction and the start of the station’s secondary structure’s construction and decoration. The Vientiane Station, […]
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Songkhla to Phatthalung by new bridge across Songkhla Lake a step closer to reality SEE ALSO: Discussions Underway To Link Songkhla And Phattalung Provinces By Bridge Over Songkhla Lake Hat Yai Focus reported that plans for a new bridge that would link Songkhla to Phatthalung across Songkhla Lake have moved a step closer to reality. […]
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Vietnam picks Tokyo Gas and Marubeni for $2bn 1,500 megawatt LNG power plant in the coastal province of Quang Ninh Deal covers everything from procurement to generation Japanese utility Tokyo Gas and trading house Marubeni will build a liquefied natural gas-fired power plant in Vietnam, betting on the emerging economy’s growing appetite for an energy […]
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Bangkok Mass Transit System demands Bt8-bn train operation fee or it will stop running Green Line services By THE NATION Bangkok Mass Transit System Pcl (BTS), operator of the Green Line train extension section (Bearing-Samut Prakan and Mo Chit-Saphan Mai-Ku Kot) has submitted a letter demanding that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) settle train operation […]
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COVID-19 slams Phuket property market, highest unsold units in Southern Thailand The top five areas in Southern Thailand with the most unsold property units are all located in Phuket, the national Real Estate Information Center (REIC) has revealed. REIC Acting Director Wichai Wiratkaphan revealed in report released yesterday (Nov 16) that in the first half […]
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Mass Rapid Transit Authority Thailand puts Bangkok’s Orange Line extension bids on hold The Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand (MRTA) has indefinitely postponed considering bids for construction of the subway system’s Orange Line western extension. MRTA governor Pakapong Sirikantaramas on Tuesday revealed that the Supreme Administrative Court had yet to rule on a bidding dispute […]
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Thailand’s largest property development project ‘The Forestias’ ready to open in Bangkok Leading Thailand property developer, Magnolia Quality Development Corporation (MQDC) has announced that The Forestias is making rapid progress in its construction. Set to be Thailand’s largest property development project, The Forestias has been valued at Bht 125,000M and is being built as the […]
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