Laos News
InterContinental Vientiane to become one city’s largest hotels when it opens in 2021 InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has revealed plans to launch the first InterContinental hotel in Laos. Set to open in 2021, the new-build InterContinental Vientiane will become the company’s second hotel in Southeast Asian country, following the existing Crowne Plaza Vientiane. It will […]
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Laos upgrades Wattay International Airport A terminal expansion project at Wattaya International Airport should be completed by 2018. Project supervisor, Sengsangoun Chanthavong, said the project under the Official Development Assistance of the Japan was worth 7.5 billion yen (over USD60 million). The project began in December, last year and is now due for completion in […]
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Introducing Concrete Canvas to the Thai & Laos Markets Concrete Canvas (CC) is part of a revolutionary new class of construction materials called Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mats (GCCM’s). It is a flexible, concrete impregnated fabric that hardens on hydration to form a thin, durable, water proof and fire resistant concrete layer. Essentially, it’s concrete on […]
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Thailand to replace generating units at Mae Moh coal power plant A consortium of Japanese trading house Marubeni and French heavy electric machinery maker Alstom is building new generating units at the Mae Moh power plant in Thailand. Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand will successively replace power-generating units at its lignite-fired plant in Mae Moh, […]
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KRABI – A planned coal-fired power plant in this resort area has met with fierce resistance from locals worried about the environmental impact, as well as alarm among Western and Japanese infrastructure companies fearing a Chinese incursion into their last Southeast Asian stronghold. The proposed 800MW facility, which aims to meet growing electricity demand in […]
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Akaryn to expand with three new hotels in Thailand and Laos The Akaryn Hotel Group has announced plans to launch three new hotels in Thailand and Laos. The new properties include the Akyra Beach Club Phuket; Akyra Thonglor Bangkok, and The President by Akaryn in Laos. Just 20 minutes from Phuket International Airport, the Akyra […]
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China-Laos railway to become a demonstration project Director General of Laos-China Railway Company Zhao Xiang (R, front) shakes hands with a representative of China’s Sinohydro Corporation Ltd. in Vientiane, capital of Laos, Oct. 24, 2016. China-Laos railway will be built to become a demonstration project in “Go Global” strategy, said Chinese companies participating in a […]
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DHIPAYA INSURANCE, Thailand’s second-largest general insurance firm, plans to start operating in Cambodia next year. It will adjust its strategy to fit that market, as selling insurance in Cambodia is more challenging than in Laos, where the company began doing business last year. Managing director Somporn Suebthawilkul said the company was applying for an insurance […]
Continue ReadingMyanmar likely to join Asean Power Grid MYANMAR is likely to be the fifth Asean country to sign up for the Asean Power Grid formed by Laos, Thailand, Malaysia and Singapore, energy ministers have said. “We had long discussions with our Myanmar counterparts,” said Laos Vice Minister for Energy and Mines Viraphonh Vilavong. “They are […]
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Thailand, China agree on $5 billion cost for Thailand’s high-speed rail project’s first phase China and Thailand agreed on Wednesday that the first phase of a planned high-speed railway project will cost 179 billion baht ($5.15 billion), Thailand’s transport minister said, with both countries calling for closer ties following rocky negotiations. The 873 km (542 […]
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