Laos News
Thai oil giant PTT to take on Starbucks with $1.3bn investment plan PTT prepares for retail spinoff with coffee chain expansion 28 November 2018 Thailand’s biggest oil company, PTT, is planning a $1.3 billion investment over five years to build its coffee shop franchise into a global brand rivaling U.S. giant Starbucks, as it prepares […]
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ONYX announces second Amari property in Vientiane Laos 20 November 2018 ONYX Hospitality Group, one of the region’s leading hotel management companies, on Tuesday announced a management agreement with Laos-based Asia Investment, Development & Construction Sole (AIDC) to develop a new-build Amari hotel in the centre of Vientiane. AIDC is an investment and construction joint […]
Continue ReadingGE Power looks to service smaller power producers in Thailand and the region 21 November 2018 GE POWER Services has invested US$1 billion (Bt44 billion) in new business, providing cross-fleet services for independent power producers (IPPs) and small power producers (SPPs) which have SGT-800 gas turbines in Thailand and the region. Kovit Kantapasara, chief executive […]
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Construction of Thai-Chinese high-speed rail slated to begin next year 23 November 2018 (NNT) – The government has assured the public that construction of the first phase of the remaining three sections of the Thai-Chinese high-speed rail between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima will begin in April next year. At the 26th Meeting of the Joint […]
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Society of Professional Engineers in Thailand (SPET) Monthly Members Meeting – 15 November 2018 SPET Monthly Members Meeting on 15 November 2018 – Talk on “Duty of Care in Unforgiving Locations” By Dr Asadang Dusadiisariyavong and Robert Tyler The ILO estimates that some 2.3 million women and men around the world succumb to work-related accidents […]
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New questions asked about Laos dam toll, builder’s role Civil society groups say govt toll of about 40 is not credible, that 800 or more people could have died in July; while Korean lawmaker claims the firm building the dam altered the design and lowered the height to boost profit 19 October 2018 The official […]
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Ratchaburi Electricity pushes back start date of the collapsed Laos dam 4 October 2018 The commercial operation date (COD) of the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric power project in Laos is postponed to late 2019 from February because of the collapse of a saddle dam on July 23, says SET-listed Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Plc (Ratch). The […]
Continue ReadingState Railway of Thailand issues draft term of reference for Thai-Chinese rail project 28 September 2018 The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) issued on Friday the draft Terms of Reference(TOR) for the construction of the second section of the first phase of Thai-Chinese high-speed rail project in Korat Province, or formally as Nakhon Ratchasima. The […]
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Centara set to open three more hotels in Laos in 2020 19 September 2018 Centara has inked an MOU with Asia Investment, Development & Construction Sole Co (AIDC), an investment and construction company in Laos, for management agreements for three hotels in Laos with a combined total of 214 keys in Vientiane and Luang Prabang. […]
Continue ReadingKorea’s Kumho E&G to build energy self-sufficient town in Laos 18 September 2018 Kumho E&G Co., a South Korean energy management solution provider, will lead a development aid project to create an energy self-sufficient town in Laos as it tries to recover from a dam disaster that has devastated the country. The Korean company said […]
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