Controversial 120-kilometre Thai Canal project between Andaman Sea and Gulf of Thailand back in spotlight Public hearings, study to be sped up The 120-kilometre Thai Canal project running from Krabi on the Andaman Sea to Trang, stretching to Nakhon Si Thammarat and Songkhla on the Gulf of Thailand, recently returned to the limelight after decades […]
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Nippon Paint expects Thailand’s domestic paint market will fall more than 15% Nippon Paint Decorative Coatings Thailand expects the domestic paint market will fall more than 15% in 2020 year-on-year, with dim prospects continuing next year as the economy stalls thanks to the pandemic. The Thai painting industry is usually valued around 25 billion baht […]
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Thailand’s Elephant Museum in Surin Province, built with 480,000 clay bricks The Elephant Museum in Thailand sits on 5,400 sm in Surin Province The unique relationship between the people of Thailand and elephants dates back at least three centuries. Elephants were used in war and peace, and in rural villages were domesticated to the point […]
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Rama II road (Highway 35), Bangkok to the South, to open 4 more lanes in December 2020 By The Nation Construction work to widen Rama II Road (Highway 35) is scheduled for completion in December, when the 11.7-kilometre Bang Khunthian-Ekkachai stretch will be expanded from 10 to 14 lanes. The road widening would ease traffic […]
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How a Thai railway could fast-track China’s interests in Southeast Asia Deal including track and trains is vital to plans to link China and Thailand by rail, offering economic benefits and a platform for China’s ambitions China will bring its high-speed rail expertise, while Thailand will foot the construction bill – but why exactly are […]
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Trungnam Group launches 450 MW Trung Nam Thuan Nam, largest solar farm in Vietnam’s Ninh Thuan Province Trungnam Group officially inaugurated the 500KV transformer station and 220/500KV Grid line, and the 450 MW Trung Nam Thuan Nam solar power plant on October 12th, 2020 in Phuoc Minh commune, Thuan Nam district of the south-central Ninh […]
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Cambodia’s Sihanouk airport upgrades runway, Flights to begin before end of 2020 Sihanouk International Airport, serving Cambodia’s main seaside resort and port city, has entered a new development phase. The runway has had an extension from 2,500 metres to 3,300 metres. In the last five years, Sihanoukville has become a destination in the making with […]
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Construction work to resume in Yangon with new rules work that meets regulations can resume with the region’s permission starting October 12 Construction work in Yangon, which has been halted since the third week of September, will be allowed to resume if it follows new rules, said the Yangon Region Construction Inspection Committee. “Construction projects […]
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Colliers predicts fall in Bangkok’s office rent and occupancy rate in 2020 for the first time in a decade Bangkok’s office rent and occupancy rate will drop in 2020 for the first time in a decade, as the pandemic hits the overall economy, according to a property consultancy. Phattarachai Taweewong, associate director of research and […]
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AusGroup unit awarded five-year scaffold and insulation services contract Esso (Thailand)’s Sriracha Refinery in Laem Chabang, Thailand An AusGroup subsidiary has been awarded a five-year scaffold and insulation services contract with Esso (Thailand) Public Company, said AusGroup in a regulatory statement on Monday. This contract will see AusGroup Corporation become the scaffold and Insulation services […]
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