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Thailand will need to add migrant workers, draw more women into its workforce and delay the retirement age to battle an expected drop of 11 percent in its working-age population by 2040, a World Bank economist says. The fall is expected to be the fastest experienced by any developing country in Southeast Asia, said Philip […]
Continue ReadingTHE GOVERNMENT’S policy to fast-track transport mega-projects worth Bt1.79 trillion might not stimulate the economy as much as hoped. Also, the rail projects by giant economies – China and Japan – were put in the plan as first priority to be carried out even though many market watchers harbour doubts that the projects would start […]
Continue ReadingPlans for a fifth bridge connecting Thailand and Laos across the Mekong River is underway with blueprints being examined by the Lao government, a provincial official said on Tuesday. Connecting the Thai province of Loei with Vientiane Province in Laos, the bridge is set to see the status of an existing border crossing upgraded to […]
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The government approved a draft memorandum of understanding (MoU) yesterday to purchase electricity from the Nam Thuen 1 hydropower project in Laos. The draft MoU was endorsed by the National Energy Policy Committee chaired by Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, which will see Thailand buy 520 megawatts of power in 2022 worth 2.67 baht per […]
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TAMAKI KYOZUKA, Nikkei staff writer There’s nothing like a road trip to get a sense of a place. So to see for ourselves how Southeast Asia is preparing for the launch of the ASEAN Economic Community, we hit the highway and followed Toyota Motor’s ground supply chain across Indochina. Members of the Association of Southeast […]
Continue ReadingThe Hongsa Power Plant (3x626MW), which was constructed by China National Electric Engineering Co., Ltd. (CNEEC), was inaugurated in Laos’ northern Xayaboury Province on Wednesday, a representative of CNEEC told Xinhua on Thursday. The project is currently the first and largest coal-fired power plant project in Laos, which comprises coal mines, transmission lines and power […]
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Thailand and Laos have a track linking the two countries at the Friendship Bridge in the capital Vientiane and Nong Khai. (File photo by Tawatchai Kemgumnerd) Construction a joint Lao-Chinese railway project has begun after the two governments kicked off the project in a ground-breaking ceremony on Wednesday. The nations used the Lao National Day […]
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A Central Administrative Court judge rapporteur has suggested it will rule in favour of five state agencies accused of violating laws in their handling of the Xayaburi Dam project in Laos. The judge opinion was the case against them be dismissed, as the five state agencies in question had not violated any laws and had […]
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A motorcycle is passing a billboard advertising about a power plant in Vientiane in August 2013. (Bangkok Post file photo) Hongsa, Laos: Thai policymakers plan to purchase an additional power from two hydroelectric plants in Laos with a combined capacity of 1,318 megawatts, according to the Energy Policy and Planning Office (Eppo). They are the […]
Continue ReadingHydropower project, which was constructed by Power Construction Corporation of China, has completed for handover on Saturday in Lao northern Luang Prabang province. The Nam Khan 2 hydropower plant, which has total installed capacity of 130 MW, has started generating electricity for Luang Prabang province and other northern localities in Laos. Lao Deputy Prime Minister […]
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