Laos News
Saving the Mekong With Floating Solar Power Solution 05 December 2019 By: David Brown, Mongabay For two decades or more, alarms have been sounding for the Mekong Delta. It is being hammered by climate change, by a proliferation of upstream dams, by unsustainable and inappropriate farming practices, by greed and political expediency. The punishment the […]
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Italthai eyes franchising its hotels overseas and branching out into electric vehicles The firm is diversifying to meet global trends 06 December 2019 Italthai Group, one of Thailand’s oldest construction and hospitality companies, wants to modernise its business by franchising its hotels overseas and branching out into electric vehicles. “We will start franchising our four-star […]
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Tadano Italthai to tap Indochina for crane sales 4 December 2019 Italthai Industrial Co, an importer and distributor of heavy machinery under Italthai Group, has teamed up with Japan’s Tadano Ltd to raise sales of cranes in five countries of the Indochina region to 2 billion baht by 2024. Yesterday the company signed a venture […]
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Myanmar’s new Yangon City – A controversial blueprint Myanmar pins hopes on brand new city to entice foreign investment and jobs, but must respond to concerns about transparency and sea-level rise It’s summer and Yangon is scorching hot. The hotel air-conditioning shuts down as it does several times a day due to electricity shortages. Shops […]
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Thailand set to introduce “Double Entry Tourism Visa” – “multiple entry” visa being considered Nong Khai and Sadao border checkpoints set to open 24 hours for a three month trial A leading government figure has said that Thailand is about to introduce a “Double Entry Tourism Visa”. This will enable a visitor to go in […]
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SureStay Hotel by Best Western opens in Vientiane, Laos 19 November 2019 Best Western® Hotels & Resorts continues to introduce its innovative SureStay Hotel Group to exciting new destinations across Asia with the opening of a new property at the heart of Vientiane in Laos. Opening its doors on November 19, 2019, SureStay Hotel by […]
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Thailand hopes to have bullet trains running by 2023 17 November 2019 After years of delays and much debate, it’s finally happening. Bullet trains are coming to Thailand. With one project under construction, another approved and others being considered, many in the country are questioning whether high-speed rail (HSR) will be the right fit for […]
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Blue Circle to sign deal for 10 wind turbines 80MW capacity in Cambodia’s Kampot province 07 November 2019 The government and French-owned The Blue Circle (Cambodia) Co Ltd will soon sign an agreement to build a wind farm in Kampot province – the first of its kind in the Kingdom. The agreement comes as the […]
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Gulf-PTT inks Eastern Economic Corridor [EEC] development deal for Thailand’s Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate phase 3 project 01 October 2019 The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) signed an agreement with Gulf MTP LNG Terminal, a joint venture of Gulf Energy Development Public Co Ltd (Gulf) and PTT Tank Terminal, on Tuesday (Oct. 1) […]
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Thailand’s Hi-speed rail project set for more talks Thai, Chinese leaders hope for breakthrough at crunch meeting 04 November 2019 Although the 35th Asean Summit will end on Monday, Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang will meet Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha in a bilateral talk on Tuesday in yet another attempt to clear hurdles standing in […]
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