Workers from the Electrical Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) working in conjunction with ten other cable companies have started on the work in the Chaweng beach road area of the island, reported Thairath. They hope to eventually bury some 3.1 kilometers of wires in the area at a cost of 380 million baht. The Chaweng […]
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Airports Corporation of Vietnam says work on phase one of the Long Thanh International Airport should begin April 2021 based on current progress. Saigon Times media quoted ACV outlining the legal procedures for terminal design bids for the project that will be developed in Long Thanh district. ACV said the bids will be presented 8 […]
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Cambodia is committed to complete construction of the 6.5-kilometre cross-border railway linking Poipet town to Aranyaprathet by the year’s end. Public Works and Transport Minister Sun Chanthol gave the assurance on Sunday when he inspected the construction site in Poipet in Banteay Meanchey province where the railway tracks from Cambodia and Thailand will meet, the […]
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At 60 years old, she’s much older than your typical budding entrepreneur. Yet in her home country of Thailand she was the first person willing to take a chance on an industry still in its infancy – solar power. In fact, she was so convinced of the sector’s potential that she came out of retirement […]
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VietNamNet Bridge – It is the right time for Vietnam’s construction conglomerates to think of developing the international market, or they may lose the home market in the future because of outdated technology, lack of management skills and brain drain. Until three years ago, foreign contractors nearly covered all the large and valuable construction works, […]
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The Ministry of Commerce has further relaxed trade restrictions on foreign companies, opening onshore trade in construction materials to local-foreign joint ventures, according to a July 7 announcement. International firms were barred until last year from Myanmar’s import-export industry, which was tightly controlled until 2011 by companies with ties to the former military regime. Last […]
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Thailand’s asset developer Boutique Corporation has submitted the first filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission to raise funds by selling 167 million shares, representing 32.94 per cent holding, in an initial public offering (IPO). After launching its first serviced residence in 2004, Boutique Corp has evolved into developing high-quality serviced residences in premium sites. […]
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Five private developers have joined the bidding race to develop the first phase of low-cost houses on state land. The Treasury Department has put five state land plots in three provinces up for grabs to develop the homes, director-general Chakkrit Parapuntakul said. Project applications have been submitted by Glory Management Co (two plots in Phetchaburi […]
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The nearly completed multi-billion-baht wastewater treatment facility in tambon Khlong Dan of Samut Prakan’s Bang Bo district has been neglected for 13 years due to corruption scandal. The Department of Special Investigation (DSI) will prosecute the NVPSKG joint venture, the contractor of the 24-billion-baht Khlong Dan wastewater treatment project, for alleged money-laundering. On Friday, the […]
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Ho Chi Minh City administration has sought permission from the central government to build a suspended bridge that will make it easier to travel to neighbouring industrial hub Dong Nai, according to Thanh Nien News Online on Thursday. The 4-km suspended bridge across the Dong Na river that will link HCM’s district two and Dong […]
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