Maiden voyage completed on new $6bn China-Laos railway The first train to travel the 422km China-Laos railway pulled into the Lao capital Vientiane Saturday night hauling 50 containers of dicalcium phosphate, used for animal feed, from China. It was sent back to make the roughly 7.5-hour journey to the China-Laos border south of Kunming, in […]
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Chana industrial estate protesters dispersed, 36 people arrested SEE ALSO: Protesters Celebrate As Thai Government Halts Chana Industrial Estate Project In Songkhla Crowd control police on Monday night arrested 36 members of the Chana Rakthin Network who rallied in front of Government House in protest against the government’s planned industrial estate development in Songkhla’s Chana […]
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Thailand maintains land and building tax for another 2 years The cabinet on Tuesday approved the maintaining of the existing tax rates for land and building for a further two years, a government spokesperson said. Taxes for agriculture, residential and vacant land between 0.01% to 0.7% were approved by the cabinet and will be reviewed […]
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Thailand’s opposition party Pheu Thai take swipe at Thai Government for lagging behind Laos in development of High Speed Rail Comparing Thailand unfavorable to its impoverished neighbor Laos always gets a rise out of the Thai population. This is exactly what the opposition Pheu Thai party did after the opening of the China – Laos […]
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TotalEnergies to install 1.7-MWp rooftop solar array in Vietnam French energy major TotalEnergies SE (EPA:TTE) will build a 1.7-MWp solar array on a rooftop of a footwear factory owned by China’s Huali Industrial Group Co Ltd (SHE:300979) in Vietnam. TotalEnergies said today it was hired to build and operate the photovoltaic (PV) system at Huali’s […]
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Expats in Vietnam to enjoy two extra days off than Vietnamese Workers are expected to enjoy 22 days off as national holidays next year, while foreign staff can have 24 days off. The Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has proposed 22 days off for various holidays in 2022. The Lunar New Year holiday […]
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S.E. Asian countries want high-speed rail, but wary of Chinese influence Southeast Asian countries are increasingly wary of China’s efforts to expand its influence by participating in railway network projects in the region. On Friday, a high-speed railway connecting China and Laos, a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, was officially opened. Chinese President Xi Jinping […]
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Thailand’s 10-year long term visa scheme to attract wealthy foreigners and investors takes a step forward, measures approved Plans to roll out a 10-year long term visa scheme have made a step forward. Measures to attract wealthy foreigners and investors through the long term residency scheme were approved in principle by PM Prayut Chan-o-cha at […]
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Thailand’s longest railway tunnel being constructed in Saraburi, at 5.2 kms long SEE ALSO: State Railway Of Thailand Marks Country’s Longest Tunnel Breakthrough In Saraburi’s Muak Lek District Daily News reported on a post from the Thai railway department’s public relations team. They were effusive in praising plans for a 5.2 kilometer long tunnel that […]
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China-Laos railway begins with limited service on on Friday 03 December 2021 Southeast Asia’s first high-speed link to stop at Chinese border for now The China-Laos high-speed railway kicked off operations on Friday, and although the first passenger run will be made through Laos on Saturday, it remains unknown when cross-border service between the countries […]
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