Central Pattana (CPN) to invest $1.3bn in retailtainment projects in SE Asia 12 June 2018 Central Pattana (CPN) have announced a $3.1 billion investment for five major retailtainment projects in South-East Asia. Thailand’s top retail property developer CPN has announced a five year vision – Co-Creating Center of Life. The new vision involves the major […]
Continue ReadingSingha Estate acquires 6 spectacular hotel properties from Outrigger for a cool US$310 million Singha Estate Public Company Limited, a Thailand property development and investment holding company, today announced the successful acquisition of 6 spectacular properties from the Honolulu-based hotel chain and management company, Outrigger. The USD 310 million acquisition is part of Singha Estate’s […]
Continue ReadingSaipem-led JV wins onshore contract in Thailand for $925m A joint venture (JV) between Saipem and CTCI has secured a new contract to provide onshore engineering and construction services in Thailand to PTT LNG Company in a $925m deal. PTT LNG is a subsidiary of Thailand’s state-owned oil and gas firm PTT Public Company. Operating […]
Continue ReadingJapanese developer to co-invest in condo project 11 June 2018 Japanese firm Shinwa Group, Pressance Corp, and Thai-based Prebuilt Plc have set up a joint venture firm to develop a condominium project, REN Sukhumvit 39, worth Bt2.6 billion. The partnership also plans to tap economic zones in Thailand and Asean. Shinwa Group, through its subsidiary […]
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Thailand’s Solar firm designs $1.76b worth of Wind cultivates In Vietnam 11 June 2018 Thailand’s biggest solar energy organization, Superblock Pcl, plans to contribute 56 billion baht ($1.76 billion) to introduce 700 megawatts (MW) of wind cultivates in Vietnam, the organization’s Chairman Jormsup Lochaya told Reuters. The primary period of the venture will cost 20.7 […]
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Sunseap breaks ground on 168-MW solar farm in Vietnam 8 June 8 2018 Sunseap International has today held a groundbreaking ceremony for Vietnam’s largest solar farm, a 168-MW project in Ninh Thuan province, the unit of Singaporean clean energy company Sunseap Group said. Once completed, the USD-150-million (EUR 127m) facility is expected to produce enough […]
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US-based Simon Property forges Siam Piwat deal 6 June 2018 Simon Property Group, the owner of Gotemba Premium Outlets, has entered a joint venture with Siam Piwat Co, the developer of Siam Paragon shopping mall, to develop a premium outlet mall in Bangkok and one each in Thailand’s North and South at a combined cost […]
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How Thai-Belgian bridge of friendship was built 4 June 2018 FORMER Belgian Ambassador to Thailand Baron Patrick Nothomb was in the same room with former minister Chavarat Charnvirakul at the Silom residence of the Belgian Ambassador on Saturday as he recalled the building of the Thai-Belgian Bridge, the first fly-over bridge to ease traffic congestion […]
Continue ReadingConstruction of Thai-Chinese high-speed rail to start fully next year: Thai official 2 June 2018 The construction of a Thai-Chinese high-speed rail between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima in northeastern Thailand is expected to get fully started early next year, following biddings later this year, said Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith on Friday. Arkhom, who co-chaired the […]
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Contract signed to start feasibility study for Vietnam’s Long Thanh airport June 02, 2018 Hanoi (VNA) – The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) on June 2 signed a contract with a joint venture comprising of firms from Japan, France and Vietnam (JFV) for consultancy services and the feasibility study for the first phase of Long […]
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