Laos’ Four Thousand Islands New Area aiming to draw 15 million visitors per year by 2050 The Four Thousand Islands New Area in Champasak province is one of the biggest foreign investment projects in Laos and aims to create a green and modern town that is environmentally friendly. Four Thousand Islands is known in Laos […]
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Thailand’s Hopewell Project saga bombshell – Constitutional Court reverses 2002 ruling The government is expected to refuse to compensate Hopewell (Thailand) over the cancellation of a large-scale transport project about two decades ago. Its latest stance follows a Constitutional Court ruling on Wednesday that said a Supreme Administrative Court verdict nearly 19 years ago was […]
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Thailand’s Energy Regulatory Commission sets new deadline for power purchase agreement bid winners The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) has set next Monday as the deadline for 14 winners in the auction of the 2017 Small Power Producer Hybrid Firm, a renewable power scheme, following failure to sign power purchase agreements (PPAs) with the Electricity Generating […]
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Thailand mulls southern land bridge project – Route would bypass Malacca Strait traffic The location of the government’s land bridge project in the South — touted as a more convenient way to transport goods from the Middle East to the Pacific region — will be decided by June, Transport Minister Saksayam Chidchob said on Monday. […]
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Orient Cable Sends First Offshore Wind Shipment to Vietnam SEE ALSO: Chinese Power Cable Specialist Orient Cable To Provide And Install A 185-Kilometre, 35 KV Subsea Cable System For Vietnam’s Binh Dai Offshore Wind Farm Chinese power cable specialist Orient Cable is about to send off the submarine cables for phase one of the Binh […]
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Thai & Chinese governments to sign four construction contracts this month for high-speed train from Bangkok to Nong Khai Daily News reported that the State Railways of Thailand said that the Thai and Chinese governments would be signing four contracts related to the building of the high speed train from the Thai capital Bangkok to […]
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Thai renewable energy developer Gunkul Engineering tries hand at cannabis development Gunkul plans to use land near its wind turbines for cannabis and hemp businesses. Gunkul Engineering Plc, a key renewable energy developer and construction company, is diversifying into cannabis development and hemp-based products by turning some of its wind farms into cultivation and production […]
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Test run of Bangkok’s Red Line rail service postponed for 4 months to July 2021 Train services from Hua Lamphong station to be cut The test run for Bangkok’s Red Line will be postponed from March 26 to July 28. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu) The test run of Bangkok’s Red Line rail service has been […]
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Dried tokay geckos a big income earner for village in Thailand’s Nakhon Phanom With much of Isan already struggling with water shortages this dry season, residents of a village in Na Wa district welcome it as the perfect time to catch and dry tokay geckos for export. The dried bodies are used in traditional Chinese […]
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Ambitious project will upgrade Khon Kaen, Ayutthaya and Pattaya train stations Khon Kaen, Ayutthaya and Pattaya train stations are set to be developed with a budget of 64 billion baht. Director-General of the Office of Transport and Traffic Policy and Planning (OTP), Punya Chupanit, said staff were in the process of preparing the Transit Oriented […]
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