Laos News
THAILAND could be strategically promoted by Japan-based Sumitomo Construction Machinery as the distribution and financial hub of Asean, especially CLMV (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam), to cash in on the region’s high mid- and long-term potential, Kazuhiko Sasaki, the company’s president director for Southeast Asia said. Sumitomo Construction Machinery is one of the world’s leading […]
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CEA Project Logistics Thailand are very proud to announce that due to our continued growth and the increasing need for logistics services in South East Asia we have now opened two new logistics bases in the region. Carrying on from the success of CEA Myanmar we can now inform you that we have expanded into […]
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Danish wind turbine maker, Vestas, has been selected as preferred technology partner for a prestigious wind project in Laos. The project is a 600 MW wind project placed in southern Laos. The wind farm is set to be completed in 2020 and it’s believed that it will become the largest wind farm in the Association […]
Continue ReadingGE’s Power Services business today announced it has signed a multiyear parts and repair agreement for more than $60 million with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) Signs Six-Year Pact with GE’s Power Services Business, Covering Fleet of Gas Turbines at Two Power Plants in Bangkok; Agreement Builds […]
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The end of the hottest season that Thailand has seen for 60 years has brought into focus many questions about the sustainability of our power sources. What if the country can’t provide enough power for its citizens? What if we run out of gas for our cars? What if the electricity goes out during “Game […]
Continue ReadingThe dream of a seamless travel in Southeast Asian countries will soon be reality with India all set to sign a strategic trilateral highway agreement connecting India-Myanmar-Thailand via road which is expected to give a big boost to trade and economy in ASEAN countries. According to the Ministry of Road, Transport and Highways (MoRTH), the […]
Continue ReadingThai construction firm CH. Karnchang PLC has approved a loan totaling more than US$531.7 million to subsidiary Xayaburi Power Co. Ltd. for the development of Laos’ 1,285-MW Xayaburi hydropower plant. The financing, approved during a CK board meeting earlier this week, will be used “to pay for the increased construction works” of the project, “due […]
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We are extremely proud and excited to announce that CEA Project Logistics and Fagioli Italy are aligning focus, resources and efforts to expand our combined market presence and reach in South East Asia. A consortium agreement has been agreed by our two companies that will see CEA Project Logistics & Fagioli provide a multitude of […]
Continue ReadingThe Export-Import Bank of Thailand (EXIM) Bank has established an agreement to provide an additional long-term loan for the construction of a tap water manufacturing facility in Luang Prabang, Laos, to facilitate water consumption in the Laos capital. The EXIM Bank Acting President Kematat Saicheur on 11 May witnessed a signing ceremony for a loan […]
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Japan’s foreign minister announced a multibillion-dollar initiative yesterday to promote development in Southeast Asia’s Mekong region, which encompasses parts of Vietnam, Laos and Thailand through which the river flows. In a speech at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Fumio Kishida affirmed the importance of Southeast Asia’s economic prosperity to Japan. He pledged 750 billion yen (USD7 […]
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