Vietnam welcomes first foreign tourists in nearly 20 months The first international tourists touched down in Vietnam almost 20 months after the Southeast Asian nation closed its borders to contain the coronavirus. Two charter flights brought more than 400 South Korean and Japanese fully vaccinated passengers from Seoul and Tokyo on Thursday (Nov 11) to […]
Continue Reading
Plans for Bangkok’s new ‘Grey Line’ electric monorail project gather steam, Feasibility studies ahead of March 2022 start The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to complete the feasibility study and conduct public hearings into the construction of the first 16.5km section of the Grey Line electric monorail project in March. View full map at https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=115OLKzXp2brAy9Qxhw87rQdzlGk&ll=13.774628924474756%2C100.5339144668457&z=12 […]
Continue Reading
Bangkok Lighthouse Networking Evening – 24 November 2021 – SPONSOR Promech We are back back back! This month we are very happy to announce our first networking event for quite some time, all thanks to the team at “Promech” for sponsoring this event and allowing this to happen for all of us to gather again […]
Continue Reading
Nye Estate eyes independent living units for senior citizens to rent in Nonthaburi, Bangkok Nye Estate Co, a subsidiary of property developer Narai Property Co, will renovate a suspended riverside condo building in Nonthaburi to develop independent living units for rent to tap senior citizens. Chief executive Ornruedi Na-Ranong said the number of people aged […]
Continue Reading
MRTA readies bidding for for Bangkok’s Purple Line southern extension to connect Tao Poon and Rat Burana The Mass Rapid Transit Authority (MRTA) is gearing up to invite companies to submit a tender for the extension of the Purple Line electric rail services, which will connect Tao Poon and Rat Burana. The process will be […]
Continue Reading
Thailand agrees to buy electricity from Laos, ignoring NGOs’ concerns Environmental groups say they fear harm to the Mekong’s ecosystem and to the livelihoods of local people. Thailand agrees to buy electricity from Laos, ignoring NGOs’ concerns Thai power authorities have agreed after a long delay to buy electricity from three hydropower projects in Laos, […]
Continue Reading
Real estate company Frasers Property Thailand aiming for 10-15% residential revenue growth SET-listed real estate company Frasers Property Thailand Plc (FPT) plans to spend 10 billion baht on housing development next year, aiming for 10-15% growth in residential revenue. The company’s country chief executive Thanapol Sirithanachai said the investment budget will be for the acquisition […]
Continue Reading
BCPG Plc power generation company’s net profit soars in Q3 Weather factors push up production, sales BCPG Plc, the power generation arm of mostly state-owned energy conglomerate Bangchak Corporation Plc, saw its net profit soar by 40.7% from the second quarter of this year to 709 million baht in the third quarter, due mainly to […]
Continue Reading
Charoen Pokphand Group-led consortium will take over the operations of Bangkok’s Airport Rail Link services A consortium led by Charoen Pokphand Group will take over the operations of Airport Rail Link (ARL) services on Monday (25.10.2021), according to the Department of Rail Transport (DRT). DRT’s deputy director-general Pichet Khunathamrak recently held a meeting with “Asia […]
Continue Reading
CP rebrands high speed connecting 3 Thai airports to “Asia Era One” On August 29, 2021, it is reported that CP Group Consists of Charoen Pokphand Holding Company Limited, China Railway Construction Company Limited (CRCC), Cho Karnchang Public Company Limited and Bangkok Expressway and Metro Public Company Limited (BEM), and Italian-Thai Development Plc. It has […]
Continue Reading