Thailand agrees $9.6 billion investment in Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) industrial east over 5 years Thailand approved on Tuesday a five-year investment of about 338 billion baht ($9.64 billion) in its industrial east from 2023, a government official said, part of efforts to boost the country’s long-term growth. The Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) investments will […]
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Southern Vietnam’s longest expressway requests permission to extend the project’s completion deadline from 2023 to 2025 The investor of Ben Luc – Long Thanh Expressway has asked for permission to extend the project’s completion deadline from 2023 to 2025. State-owned Vietnam Expressway Corporation (VEC), the project investor, made the request at a Monday meeting with […]
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Joint Venture Set for Ba Ria-Vung Tau Offshore Wind Farm Project in Vietnam Plans for the proposed 500 MW Ba Ria-Vung Tau offshore wind farm project in Vietnam are moving forward. Recently a Vietnamese construction and infrastructure group signed a joint development agreement for the project. The group includes Corio Generation and Fecon. The former […]
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Protests against Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand’s purchase of electricity from Laos’ Luang Prabang dam A network of civil society groups in eight provinces of Thailand, through which the Mekong River flows, has submitted a petition to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha expressing their concerns over the planned signing of Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), between the […]
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Aurecon achieves BSI Kitemark™ certification for Digital Engineering in Design and Construction in Asia and New Zealand International engineering, design, and advisory firm Aurecon has added New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam to its international standard ISO 19650 BSI Kitemark™ certification for Building Information Modelling (BIM) Design and Construction. This recent certification makes […]
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Bangkok Metropolitan Authority fast-tracks new connector between Bangkok and Nakhon Pathom Work on the Phran Nok-Phutthamonthon Sai 4 Road connecting Bangkok to Nakhon Pathom has been accelerated in a bid to ease bad congestion on Borommaratchachonnani Road. The new road will run for 15.2 kilometres and should be up to six lanes wide. The Phran […]
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Nhon Trach 3 and Nhon Trach 4 will be the first LNG-fuelled power plants in Vietnam Project Type – Combined-cycle power plant Location = Nhon Trach District, Vietnam Investment – $1.4bn Capacity – 1.5GW The Nhon Trach combined-cycle power plant (CCPP) in Vietnam is proposed to be expanded with the addition of two more units, […]
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$952 million construction projects approved in Cambodia in first five months of 2022 The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction (MLMUPC) has approved 1,679 construction projects nationwide on 2.2 million square metres at about $952 million in the first five months of this year. The figure is about 60 percent less than the […]
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Corio lines up builder for proposed 500MW Vung Tau offshore wind farm Vietnamese company Fecon will provide infrastructure services for the Vung Tao wind farm Corio Generation has appointed Vietnamese construction company Fecon to build the proposed 500MW Vung Tau offshore wind farm. The pair signed a joint development agreement on 22 June at a […]
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Thailand’s Regent Green Power lays out low-cost condo strategy, plans to launch 10,000 low-priced condo units in 2022 The surging supply of cheap condos has been achieved through lower overheads, strict debt management and in-house construction, according to Regent Green Power, the largest developer of such inexpensive units. Nirat Yoopakdee, Regent Green Power managing director, […]
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