Thailand’s Hopewell project’s long-running legal saga gets new twist Government joy as top court paves way for retrial The Supreme Administrative Court on Friday ruled in favour of the Ministry of Transport and State Railway of Thailand (SRT) request for a retrial following a 2021 ruling against them by the Central Administrative Court in the […]
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Thailand’s SET-listed Sena Development plans to branch out into warehouses, serviced apartments and asset management, while planning 49 new residential projects SET-listed Sena Development plans to branch out to warehouses, serviced apartments and asset management, while planning 49 new residential projects worth a combined 27.5 billion baht in 2022. Managing director Kessara Thanyalakpark said the […]
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AG&P Sets Sail Of Seven Modules From Philippines Facility To Sriracha Refinery In Thailand Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Company of Manila, Inc.’s Engineering & Construction Group, a leading Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning (EPCIC) and Operations & Maintenance (O&M) specialist, exported 7 more modules in addition to the 19 modules delivered prior, from its […]
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Thailand’s SET-listed developer Sansiri banking on lower-end condos SET-listed developer Sansiri Plc will launch lower-end condo projects for sale a month before construction is completed and work with banks to ensure the transfer of units with lower mortgage loan rejections. Ongart Suwannakul, assistant executive vice-president for project development department (high rise), said this strategy can […]
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Thailand’s Prime Minister heralds phase 3 dvelopment of Rayong’s Map Ta Phut deep-sea port Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha expects the third-phase development of Map Ta Phut deep-sea port to make Thailand a modern hub of water logistics, boosting investment in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). “It will serve as a gate to connect trade between […]
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Can Tho City in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta eyes two highway works at $118-mln cost Can Tho City in the Mekong Delta wants to build or upgrade highways to its neighboring Hau Giang and Kien Giang provinces at a cost of VND2.7 trillion ($118 million). In a recent report it sent to the central government on […]
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Japanese partners Tokyo Electric Power and Chubu Electric Power to join 4.5 gigawatt LNG power project in Vietnam Site, to be built with Exxon Mobil, will be one of largest in Southeast Asia A venture between two major Japanese power utilities will participate in building one of Southeast Asia’s largest natural gas-fired power plant and […]
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Thai Government Explains Official Name Change for Bangkok Thailand’s government recently provided new guidance on how the official name of the capital, Bangkok, would be used internationally. The guidance, however, caused some confusion. Some people thought it meant that English speakers would need to start calling Bangkok by its longer, local name, Krung Thep Maha […]
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Thailand to relax rules for international arrivals from 01 March 2022 despite COVID-19 surge Thailand is set to relax rules for international arrivals from March 1st despite the continual surge in COVID-19 infections in the country. The Centre for COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) has decided to change the second COVID-19 RT-PCR test, currently required for […]
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Vietnam to fully reopen for international tourists from 15 March 2022 Vietnam to fully reopen to international visitors from 15th March. According to the proposal, visitors will no longer need to be part of package tours and only need to meet medical criteria on vaccination and testing. From now until March 14th, Vietnam will continue […]
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