Marubeni awarded EPC contract in Vietnam The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has awarded Marubeni Corporation a contract to build the 600 MW Nghi Son 1 coal fired thermal power plant, representing the Japanese trading company’s largest independent power deal in Vietnam.
Continue ReadingVietnam‘s gravy train derailed Exposing a growing rift in Vietnam’s one-party regime, the communist-controlled National Assembly has rejected the government’s US$56 billion plan to develop a high speed north-south railway.
Continue ReadingVietnam‘s gravy train derailed Exposing a growing rift in Vietnam’s one-party regime, the communist-controlled National Assembly has rejected the government’s US$56 billion plan to develop a high speed north-south railway.
Continue ReadingPöyry awarded owner’s engineering services contract for new gas-fired combined cycle cogeneration power plant in Thailand Pöyry has been awarded an owner’s engineering services contract for a new gas-fired combined cycle cogeneration plant in Thailand by Amata B.Grimm Power 3 Limited. The value of the assignment is about EUR 2.2 million. The client is currently […]
Continue ReadingBMA looks for plot to build depot of airport light-rail system The city is looking for a place to build a maintenance depot for a 18-kilometre light-rail link to Suvarnabhumi Airport. “The landowner may offer to sell, lease or enter into a joint venture,” Deputy Bangkok Governor Thirachon Manomaipiboon said Wednesday. The land must be […]
Continue ReadingMitsubishi to Build 3rd Thai Plant The automotive friendly environment carmakers seem to find in Thailand has determined the Japanese from Mitsubishi to consider building their third facility in the country, one which, local media speculates, will have an output capacity of some 50,000 units each year. Overall, Mitsubishi’s production capacity will be brought to […]
Continue ReadingBangladesh Railway link with Myanmar by 2014 Ecnec okays Tk 1,852cr project for Dohazari-Gundhum rail line The government is going to construct a rail line from Dohazari in Chittagong to Gundhum in Myanmar via Cox’s Bazar to establish link with the proposed Trans-Asia Railway corridor.
Continue ReadingNew developments and value for money has led Thailand to become an attractive prospect for investors, it is claimed. The country’s second city of Chai Mai is tipped by experts to become a popular investment choice thanks to the construction of a new highway that will connect the city to Kunming, southwest China. According to […]
Continue ReadingDespite last month’s coup in Thailand, many investment analysts, amongst them Colliers CRE, are confirming there has not been a fall in property demand in Thailand. In fact the property market still looks sound, and the Thai interim government is intent on keeping the property sector buoyant.
Continue ReadingAlthough the market currently remains “sluggish”, one expert has claimed that the Thai property sector is set to see demand increase significantly over the course of this year. Anupong Aswapokin, president and chief executive officer of Asian Property Development, said that the economic slowdown experienced by the country had a negative impact upon property, TNA […]
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