Frasers Property Thailand plans to launch at least 27 new residential projects in 2021 SET-listed developer Frasers Property Thailand (FPT) plans to launch at least 27 new residential projects worth a combined 35 billion baht in 2021, aiming to have a revenue growth of 10% to 16 billion baht. Saenphin Sukhee, chief executive of Frasers […]
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Infra Plus Consulting hired for Bt22m to study EEC transport link to South Thailand through Ranong province By The Nation The Office of Transport and Public Policy and Planning has hired Infra Plus Consulting for Bt22 million to conduct a study on its plan to build an efficient transport link between the Eastern Economic Corridor […]
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Thailand’s Raimon Land forges ahead vigilantly during the covid pandemic crisis Although some countries have started to recover from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, many others are still under lockdown. The epidemic has not only devastated small businesses but even made large enterprises tremble. Property developers have unavoidably struggled with lower revenue and cash […]
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Vietnam bags first green loan for largest Southeast Asia solar plant, 257-megawatt solar plant located in Hoa Hoi, Phu Yen Magic Circle law firm Clifford Chance has offered advice to Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Vietnam’s first ever green loan financing for its largest single operating solar plant. Clifford Chance acted for ADB on the […]
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Thai buyers delayed property purchases, not confident about prices and worried about mortgage lending Jittery locals delay property purchases Thai buyers delayed property purchases because they were not confident about prices and worried about mortgage lending, according to a consumer sentiment survey by property portal DDproperty.com. The website’s country manager Kamolpat Swaengkit said the pandemic […]
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New South Thailand rail routes mooted to stimulate tourism A house committee discussing improvements to infrastructure in the south of Thailand by connecting the Andaman with the Gulf of Thailand heard several suggestions from the Move Forward party. Among the ideas to stimulate and promote tourism is building a 77 kilometer railway from Surat Thani […]
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Laos clears over 800 bomblets in country’s Khammuan province Over 270 million cluster munitions were dropped from American aircraft, leaving an estimated 80 million live bomblets scattered and buried around the country. Mines Advisory Group (MAG) Laos has cleared more than 500,000 square meters of land in two villages of Yommalath district, Khammuan province, with […]
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Laos plans to build new expressway linking Luang Prabang with Oudomxay The Lao government plans to build a new expressway linking Luang Prabang with Oudomxay, drastically reducing travel time between the two provinces. According to Lao economic daily, the proposed expressway would link Luang Prabang province, some 230 km north of capital Vientiane, with Oudomxay […]
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Progress on bridge to connect Koh Lanta with mainland Krabi in Southern Thailand By The Nation An environmental impact assessment EIA is being conducted for a bridge to connect Koh Lanta with the mainland in Krabi province, the Department of Rural Roads (DRR) said on Wednesday. The bridge will run from Ban Hua Hin on […]
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Construction of Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady coastal expressway to start this year Implementation of the Ayeyarwady Coastal Region Development Project, an expressway connecting Ayeyarwady Region and Rakhine State listed under the Myanmar Project Bank, will start from this fiscal year, according to the Ministry of Construction. The project is estimated to cost US$94 million and expected to […]
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