Laos News
Multi billion baht upgrades for Isaan airports as international flights promised at end of year The director of Thai airports revealed yesterday (6 September 2017) that some 8 billion baht has been allocated to upgrade three North-Eastern Thai airports to improve travel and communications in the region. While the chief of Khon Kaen airport expects […]
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B Grimm goes big with power projects in Laos B GRIMM POWER has taken an aggressive move in building and operating hydropower plants in Laos. The company officially opened on Friday the Xanamnoy 2 and Xekatam 1 hydropower plants in Champasak province that shares a border with Thailand’s Northeastern Ubon Ratchathani province. It is a […]
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Cambodian PM seeks hydropower deal with Thailand The government is to ask Thailand for help to build a hydropower plant in the border province of Koh Kong. Speaking at a cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Hun Sen said a possible agreement on the construction will be discussed by ministers from the two countries in Siem Reap […]
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Fast trains to nowhere in Southeast Asia Despite various schemes underway to upgrade decrepit railways, few are designed with a vision towards improving regional connectivity China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged Thailand on a July 24 visit to strengthen “cooperation in the construction of the China-Thai railway,” calling the kingdom “a very important partner” in […]
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Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima in just 77 minutes High-speed train to cut commutes from 2021 Commuters and other passengers will be able to travel from Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima in 1 hour and 17 minutes using the Thai-Chinese high-speed train in four years’ time, with one-way fares costing 535 baht, the government said Tuesday. The […]
Continue ReadingLaos-Thailand railway extension construction to begin shortly Construction of the Laos-Thailand railway extension linking the existing outer suburban station to central Vientiane capital of Laos is expected to begin at the end of this year or early next year after the project was suspended in 2011, according to Lao Ministry of Public Works and Transport […]
Continue ReadingB.Grimm Power opens co-generation power plant in Chon Buri B.Grimm Power Pcl, a leading private power producer, yesterday officially opened its latest co-generation power plant, B.Grimm Power WHA1 (BPWHA1), at Hemaraj Industrial Estate in Chon Buri province. The company expects the plant to strengthen its leading position in the Southeast Asian market. The move also […]
Continue ReadingREI clinches Electricite du Lao contract worth US$70 million Rohas-Euco Industries Bhd (REI), a subsidiary of Rohas Tecnic Bhd (RTB), has been awarded a contract to supply and construct transmission lines, substations and distribution lines in Laos. The contract by Electricite du Lao is valued at US$70 million (RM300 million). “Works will commence in the […]
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Is Cambodia ready for SE Asia’s tallest building? There is a desire to urbanise like other big cities in the region, but experts say time is not right for phnom penH to reach for the sky It would be hard for visitors to miss the affluence that is revealing itself in Phnom Penh now. There […]
Continue ReadingMove to extend lease period in Thailand expected to stir interest of foreigners The move to revise the leasehold act and extend the lease period from 30 years to 50 years will be good for developers who offer residential homes to foreigners, both in Bangkok and at tourist destinations, property experts said. “This act will […]
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