New eight-lane bridge over Chao Phraya river in Bangkok to be completed in 2023 Construction of the country’s widest river bridge, over the Chao Phraya in Bangkok, is expected to be completed next year. The eight-lane bridge is being built parallel to the Rama IX Bridge. It is a two-kilometre-long cable-stayed structure, part of the […]
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Tran Hoang Na Bridge over the Mekong Delta’s Can Tho River in Vietnam likely to be delayed Tran Hoang Na Bridge over the Mekong Delta’s Can Tho River, scheduled for completion this year, could be delayed. Doan Thanh Tam, deputy director of Can Tho ODA Project Management Board, which is overseeing the construction, said the […]
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Central Group readies new B3bn Wongamat Beach Village lifestyle retail mall in Pattaya Central Group is spending 3 billion baht on the development of a new lifestyle retail mall at Wong Amat Beach in Pattaya this year. Pong Skuntanaga, Central Group’s head of corporate business development, said the company is developing Wongamat Beach Village on […]
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Developers in Thailand require rejig to flatten prices Move to combat dip in purchasing power Residential developers should revise down unit sizes and adjust some features to keep housing prices flat in order to accommodate sluggish purchasing power after prices were pushed up by higher costs caused by the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war. Meanwhile, […]
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Krabi airport under pressure to open new passenger terminal by June 2022 Krabi tourism operators are pushing for the local airport’s third terminal to be completed by June, in order to provide far higher capacity during the high season. The third terminal was initially due to begin operations in October 2021, but the opening was […]
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Laos to develop expressway linking Houaphanh with Vietnam border The Government of Laos has agreed with contractors to conduct a feasibility study for the construction of an expressway from Houaphanh province to the border with Vietnam under an agreement signed recently, Vientiane Times reported. The Government of Laos has agreed with contractors to conduct a […]
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Thai government orders probe into 25-billion baht EEC water management bidding A water management project has been suspended amid an investigation into alleged irregularities during its bidding process. According to Government Spokesperson Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana, the Ministry of Finance has been tasked with conducting an investigation on the 25-billion baht the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) water […]
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Ratch Group to spend B1.72bn on gas-fired plant’s expansion in Thailand’s Pathum Thani Ratch Group Plc, Thailand’s largest private power generation company by capacity, plans to spend 1.72 billion baht to expand the capacity of a gas-fired power plant in Pathum Thani’s Nava Nakorn Industrial Promotion Zone as it moves closer to its goal of […]
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Cambodia begins construction of 1.5-bln-USD seaport in southwestern Kampot province Cambodia started to build a 1.5-billion- U.S. dollar logistics and multi-purpose seaport on Thursday in the southwestern Kampot province, aiming to enhance the kingdom’s logistics and transportation sector, officials said. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony in Bokor city, Deputy Prime Minister Chea Sophara, who is […]
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Fifth Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge connecting Thailand’s Bueng Kan province to Laos’ Borikhamxay province over 30% complete Construction of the fifth Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge linking Borikhamxay province to Bueng Kan province in Thailand across the Mekong River is now 32 per cent complete. The project consists of two components: the first concerns the construction of the […]
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