Delays hit Bangkok’s Siriraj rail link project Hospital building to serve as interchange The Ministry of Transport is preparing to extend a memorandum of understanding for a rail link project that will connect the Light Red and Orange lines with Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok. The memorandum, signed by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT), the […]
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Demolition work begins on Bangkok’s infamous Bang Lamphu mall, owner illegally added eight more floors to the original 3-storey structure Work is underway to tear down the long-abandoned Bang Lamphu shopping mall located in the busy Phra Nakhon district, after decades of legal wrangling. BMA photo After three decades of delays and legal tussles, the Bangkok […]
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Deadline for talks on Thailand’s high-speed train project linking three airports extended Talks in response to Asia Era One’s refusal to acknowledge a Notice to Proceed [NTP] by the SRT The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has agreed to extend a time frame to which it had previously agreed with two other parties as attempts […]
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Korean construction company told to rebuild poor quality roads it constructed in Cambodia The Ministry of Public Works and Transport has said National Roads 2 and 22 needs to be re-laid due to poor quality and warned the company that constructed them. Minister Sun Chanthol said South Korea’s Hasan Engineering & Constructions Company has been […]
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Norwegian renewables developer Scatec refinances 39-MW Dam Nai wind farm in Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam Norwegian renewables developer Scatec ASA (OSL:SCATC) has refinanced USD-37-million (EUR 34.4m) of non-recourse project debt for its Dam Nai wind farm in Vietnam, the company said on Monday. The refinancing operation, facilitated by Vietnamese commercial lender Vietcombank, enabled Scatec to […]
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Steel consumption in Thailand plunges by over 14% year-on-year Steel consumption in Thailand dropped by 14.3% year-on-year to 2.54 million tonnes between January and February due to a surge in Covid-19 infections, a shortage of construction workers and weak business sentiment, says Tata Steel Thailand Plc (TSTH), a unit of India’s largest steelmaker. The Russia-Ukraine […]
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Vietnam’s HCMC mulls more metro, light rail routes The HCMC Transport Department has proposed adding more metro lines and light rail services to enhance connectivity to ports and airports. In a proposal sent recently to the Department of Planning and Architecture, the transport department said the additional routes will help the city’s traffic network keep […]
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Solar power plant officially inaugurated in Vietnam’s Quang Binh province The central province of Quang Binh on April 24 officially inaugurated a solar power plant with a capacity of 49.5 MW. The plant, which is part of a renewable energy power complex in Le Thuy district, has total investment capital of more than 1 trillion […]
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Thailand’s Phra Thong islanders in Phang-nga province petition in favour of water retention project Villagers on Phra Thong Island, in the southern province of Phang-nga, have been collecting signatures to support a water retention project on the island, in an effort to break an impasse between the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) and the Department of […]
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Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia Celebrates the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Construction of Its New Headquarter building, “FTB Tower” Foreign Trade Bank of Cambodia (FTB) in collaboration with MSNH Investment CO., LTD (MSNH) announces the start of the construction of its new headquarter named “FTB Tower” today at a groundbreaking ceremony held on 22nd, April […]
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