Migrant worker exodus during the Covid-19 pandemic prompts fears of labour shortages in Thailand The director-general of Thailand’s labour department has met with Myanmar’s Ambassador Myo Myint Than to discuss how Thailand can manage the country’s migrant workers during the Covid-19 pandemic. The government wants Burmese migrant workers to stay in Thailand rather than return […]
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Vietnam’s Hà Tĩnh province approves $695 million Kỳ Anh MK wind power plant project The People’s Committee of the central province of Hà Tĩnh has approved a wind power project with a total investment of VNĐ16.2 trillion (US$695.3 million). The project is studied, invested and built by the Mk Central Solar Power JSC in Kỳ […]
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Chinese construction firm to be dumped for ‘shoddy work’ on Cambodia’s National Road 7 construction in Kratie and Tbong Khmum The National Road 7 construction in Kratie and Tbong Khmum, which cost $36 million, was separated into three main worksites. The work was expected to take 18 months and the Chinese company would be responsible […]
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A new expressway link is planned for Myanmar, between the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway Myanmar is to benefit from a new expressway project, which will boost transport and economic development. The expressway will run between the Thilawa Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway. A portion of the funding […]
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Construction of Laos’ Bokeo-Xayaboury bridge passes halfway point A 505-metre bridge spanning the Mekong River between Paktha district in Bokeo province and Khop district in Xayaboury province and linking to Thailand is over 55 percent complete. The progress was reported when Deputy Minister of Public Works and Transport, Dr Viengsavath Siphandone and involved officials visited […]
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Myanmar’s delayed LNG projects set to deliver first power as government approves contract An LNG-fuelled power plant in Yangon should begin coming online this week but full operations could still be months away due to delays in the construction of a jetty at Thilawa. After months of delays, the first phase of a 400-megawatt liquefied-natural-gas-to-power […]
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AC Energy investing in new wind power plant in Vietnam AC Energy Inc. is investing in another wind project in Vietnam. The Ayala Corp. unit has partnered with UPC Renewables anew to jointly develop two wind projects in the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam. The joint venture has commenced construction for the projects, which have […]
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Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) says Myanmar to Generate its First LNG Power ‘Very Soon’ The Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE) says the overdue Chinese-backed liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Yangon will operate “very soon” now deliveries from Malaysia have arrived. On Thursday, Malaysia’s state-owned oil and gas company, Petronas, said it […]
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Myanmar plans to build new high-quality oil refineries Myanmar is planning to build new high-quality oil refineries so as to reduce reliance on the oversea market and to fulfill the local demands for oil products, an official from the Ministry of Electricity and Energy said on Monday. “Medium oil refineries will be built in Myanmar’s […]
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Construction of Laos-China railway almost 90 percent complete Construction of the Laos-China railway was 89.43 percent complete as of the end of May with Lao authorities calling for the project developer to progress work according to plan. General Manager Xiao Qianwen of the Laos-China Railway Co., Ltd. (LCRC), a joint venture based in Vientiane in […]
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