Bangkok’s Brown Line monorail and northern section of the expressway running parallel win MRTA nod The Brown Line monorail from Khae Rai to Lam Sali, with an accompanying expressway, has been approved by the Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA). MRTA Governor Pakapong Sirikantaramas made the announcement after an MRTA board meeting which also discussed the […]
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Foster + Partners unveils masterplan for forested neighbourhood in Bangkok SEE ALSO: Thailand’s Largest Property Development Project ‘The Forestias’ Ready To Open In Bangkok Foster + Partners has released visuals for The Forestias, a multi-generational residential neighbourhood on the edge of Bangkok, Thailand, which will have a large forest at the centre. The Forestias has […]
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Mass vaccination of Thais and foreigners begins in five provinces next month The Thai government has promised millions of doses of locally produced and imported Covid-19 vaccines before the end of the year. The aim is to get a first dose into the arms of 70% of the people in Thailand by the end of […]
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Highway connecting Cambodia’s Banteay Meanchey province to Thailand’s Aranyaprathet district is 70% complete SEE ALSO: Faster Work Urged On New Goods Transit Terminal At Thai-Cambodian Border Near Aranyaprathet A new highway connecting Thailand and Cambodia is 70% complete, according to the Department of Highways. The four-lane road will be named Highway 3646 and connect Ban […]
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As Banks Shun Coal, Vietnam Emerges an Unlikely Solar Champion Even countries with weak climate goals are getting swept up in the global clean energy transition. Nguyen Tuan was watching the sun shine down on his four-hectare cantaloupe farm in southern Vietnam when he realized it could do more than help his crops grow. The […]
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Aeon Mall postpones Yangon shopping mall construction after February coup Aeon Mall Co, a developer of shopping malls under major Japanese retailer Aeon Co, has postponed construction of a mall being planned in Myanmar’s largest city Yangon, according to a source familiar with the project. The shopping mall developer had eyed this summer to start […]
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Sanctions against Swedish project management company Hifab International AB and Hifab Oy accused in Laos lifted The World Bank has lifted the sanctions that Hifab received after a road construction project in Laos. Photo: David Longstreath The World Bank has lifted sanctions against the Swedish project management company Hifab International AB and Hifab Oy after […]
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Lintec asphalt plant paves the way for better runways at Cambodia airports In more normal times, thousands of flights pass through Cambodia’s airports every day. Helping make this happen for one of South East Asia’s fastest growing economies is a Lintec CSD 2500B Containerized Asphalt Plant. This model has been hard at work on airport […]
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Thailand close to completing the world’s biggest floating hydro-solar farm at Sirindhorn Dam in Ubon Ratchathani SEE YOUTUBE VIDEO here Thailand has long relied on coal for power, but plans for new coal-fired projects have been met with opposition over health and environmental risks, and two proposed southern coal plants were shelved in 2018. About […]
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Kudun and Partner Leads B.Grimm Power on Acquisition of Solar in Cambodia Kudun and Partners represented B.Grimm Power Public Company Limited on a cross-border investment transaction on acquiring 100% shares in a project company that has obtained the right to develop the first-ever ground-mounted solar photovoltaics (PV) project in Cambodia with the power purchase agreement […]
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