Thailand introduces online visa extension system for Expats Electronic Extension of Temporary Stay (e-Extension) service introduced The Immigration Bureau (IB) unveiled its Electronic Extension of Temporary Stay (e-Extension) service on Tuesday to make it easier for expats to apply for visa extensions. Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas, the national police chief, said the e-Extension would enhance […]
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Thailand, Cambodia sign agreement on border road improvements project Thailand and Cambodia signed a loan agreement to finance the improvement of a border road section from Siem Riep to Anlong Veng and Choam/Sa Ngam of National Road No. 67 in Cambodia. Perames Vudthitornetiraks, President of Neighbouring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency (NEDA), signed the agreement […]
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Thailand’s High-speed rail project between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima is ‘behind schedule’ The contract governing the Thai-Chinese high-speed railway construction may need to be renegotiated, as construction of the project’s first phase between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima is now falling behind schedule, a source at the Transport Ministry said. The first phase, which is divided […]
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Vietnam’s second-biggest property developer No Va Land faces cash crunch: sources No Va Land fires staff, seeks urgent asset sales Vietnam’s second-biggest listed developer, No Va Land, is firing staff and seeking urgent asset sales, company and industry sources said, as it struggles to pay creditors in the latest sign of distress in the country’s […]
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New bridge over Chao Phraya to slash Bangkok traffic jams from second half of 2023 by The Nation A new bridge over the Chao Phraya River will open next year to improve traffic flow in busy Bangkok, said the Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat). The Rama III-Dao Khanong Expressway bridge will run parallel to the […]
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Talk on Bangkok’s Mass Transit Trains & Airport The BCCT property and infrastructure group has arranged for Christian Schulz, former Project Director of the Phase 1 of the Concession Contract ‘MRT Yellow Line‘ for the ‘Mass Rapid Transport Authority of Thailand’, Bangkok, Thailand, to talk about mass transit in Bangkok. What do we have now […]
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Real estate sector to propose allowing foreigners to buy houses as alternative to buying land in Thailand Thai real estate business operators will propose that the government allow foreigners to buy houses on up to 0.16 hectares (one rai) of land, as an alternative to the right to buy the land on which it sits, […]
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4 years on, some survivors of Laos dam collapse at Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy hydropower plant still waiting for promised new homes Authorities have been slow to deliver on pledges of compensation and houses after 2018 disaster. New permanent homes for survivors of flooding from a 2018 saddle dam collapse at the Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy hydropower […]
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Cha Am – Hua Hin – Pranburi bypass road set for major upgrade to be expanded to three lanes each side The bypass road which spans Cha Am, Hua Hin and Pranburi is set for a major upgrade, the Department of Highways (DoH) have announced. The upgrade will see the road be expanded to six […]
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Attorney General asked to examine Bangkok’s Orange Line train project contract The opposition Move Forward Party has officially asked the Office of the Attorney-General (OAG) to screen the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) investment contract for the Orange Line train project, before the document is submitted to the cabinet for approval. Move Forward MP Surachet Pravinvongvuth said […]
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