Thailand’s endangered elephants reclaim Khao Yai national park as lockdown allows them to roam freely Without jeeps and crowds, some 300 elephants have been able to walk around Khao Yai, Thailand’s oldest national park For as long as the elephants could remember – and that is a long time – the path to the river […]
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Bangkok’s Gold Line Monorail ushers in hope Gold Line tipped to boost city area’s fortunes in wake of Covid-19 If anyone has visited Charoen Nakhon area in Thon Buri area recently, they might be surprised by the bumper-to-bumper traffic — a situation rarely seen elsewhere during the Covid-19 pandemic. The congestion has been caused by […]
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Vietnam planning its own ‘Silicon Valley’ in Ho Chi Minh City The municipal government of HCMC has submitted plans to develop a large tech zone, that is being dubbed the ‘Silicon Valley of Vietnam’ 3 HCMC eastern districts will be merged under the proposed plan, which has the backing of the Vietnamese PM Substantial city […]
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Bangkok hotels face long road back Market was already showing signs of a slowdown in late 2019 before Covid-19 hit, reports Edmund Tie & Company The hotel market in Bangkok was already cooling down late last year, even before the Covid-19 pandemic left thousands of rooms empty, according to statistics compiled by the property services […]
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Bangkok’s historic Scala cinema’s 51-year run said to end When movie theaters were permitted to reopen this week, the curtains did not rise at Bangkok’s most celebrated movie house. In what would be a stinging loss many years in the making, business insiders said yesterday that Scala theater, which had been living on borrowed time […]
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Laos’ Sanakam dam anger grows in neighbouring Thailand Nan province A conservation group has called for the scrapping of the Sanakam dam which is being built in Laos on the Mekong River two kilometres from Nan province. The group urged Laos and neighbouring countries to embrace more ecological friendly renewable energy projects such as solar […]
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Ho Chi Minh City considers the entry of foreign experts, investors, high-level managers and highly-skilled laborers Health authority in Ho Chi Minh City will facilitate foreign experts and investors’ entry into the city through Tan Son Nhat Airport. The municipal Department of Health said some enterprises have sent documents about facilitation for foreign experts and investors’ […]
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Cambodia’s Steung Trang-Krouch Chhmar Bridge scheduled for completion by March 2021 The construction of a bridge connecting Kampong Cham’s Steung Trang and Tbong Khmum’s Krouch Chhmar District has been completed 87.5 percent by May and is scheduled for completion by March 2021, according to the Ministry of Public Works and Transport. The bridge will link […]
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Myanmar’s Solar tender deadline extended, but grave problems remain The extension of a deadline for a long-awaited tender for on-grid solar power from one to two months is unlikely to mute criticism about its tricky terms. The Ministry of Electricity and Energy has responded to criticism over its controversial 1060-megawatt solar power tender, extending the […]
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Laos Government okays Singaporean-Lao feasibility study for clean thermal power plant in the southern province of Xekong A Singaporean firm joint-venturing with a Lao partner has agreed with the Lao government to conduct a feasibility study on the development of a clean thermal power plant in the southern province of Xekong. Evolution Power Investment Corporation […]
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