Why does Vietnam need any coal-fired plants by 2050? We published a news item today that the Ministry of Industry and Trade wants coal-fired plants with a capacity of 14,120 megawatts scrapped from electricity production plans for Vietnam to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. The plants were included in Power Development Plan 7 (for 2011-20) […]
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Underpass in Bangkok – a shortcut to the Bang Sue Grand Station – lies unused two years after completion A traffic underpass built by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) as a shortcut to the Bang Sue Grand Station has been lying unused for almost two years, due to ownership and maintenance issues. The one-kilometre-long […]
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Hanoi’s second metro to miss 2022 deadline The Nhon-Hanoi Station metro line, scheduled to have its elevated section running by the end of this year, will miss the deadline, its managers have said. The Nhon depot construction is less than 80 percent complete and the line’s consortium of sponsors, including the Asia Development Bank, the […]
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Bangkok Land signs MRT Pink Line extension contract worth THB4 bn Both stations will be an extension into Muang Thong Thani and Muang Thong Thani Lake for a total distance of approximately 3 kilometres. Bangkok Land Public Company Limited holds a signing ceremony with Northern Bangkok Monorail Co., Ltd. (NBM), a subsidiary of BSR JV […]
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Bangkok traffic jams to ease as Fai Chai tunnel opens Bangkok drivers should find things easier at a notorious congestion blackspot on Monday 01.08.2022, when a 600-metre-long underpass opens at Fai Chai Intersection after 13 years of construction work. City governor Chadchart Sittupunt said the tunnel under the Fai Chai Intersection in Bangkok Noi district […]
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Airports of Thailand (AOT) earmarks 723-rai near Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport for wholesale market The Airports of Thailand (AOT) will be putting a 723-rai plot next to Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport up for bidding on August 8. AOT president Nitinai Sirismatthakarn said earlier this week that the aim is to commercially develop the plot on Wat Srivari […]
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Getting paid – A New Bill to streamline Construction Disputes in Thailand Blog – Herbert Smith Freehills LLP Construction disputes between contractors and employers in Thailand can take years to be resolved in court or arbitration. This can result in construction work being delayed and sometimes abandoned, and contractors facing financial difficulties. In response, Thailand […]
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PS Plaza, one of Pattaya’s last vacant lots to become a 20-storey luxury hotel The former Tops supermarket and car park area at the junction of the resort’s Second and Third Roads has been sold to developers. It is to become a five-star skyscraper hotel. The site, one of the city’s last vacant real estate […]
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Section II of Lao-Thai railway set to open at year-end 2022 Phase II of the Lao-Thai railway construction project (section II) is now almost complete after delays. The project is expected to open for the public at the end of this year. Vientiane Station, or Khamsavath station of the Phase II is located in Khamsavath […]
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BTS Group Holdings Plc ‘not seeking new agreement’ on Bangkok Mass Transit Keeree Kanjanapas, chairman of BTS Group Holdings Plc, insisted on Wednesday the company had never asked for an extension of the concession granted by Krungthep Thanakhom (KT) for the company to operate Green Line’s services in lieu of overdue debts. “I insist BTS […]
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