Laos News
The Cabinet yesterday approved a Bt12-billion budget to build facilities to receive electricity from the Xayaburi Dam, currently undergoing construction in Laos. The facilities, which will be used to obtain, store and relay the electricity, will be built in Loei, Nong Bua Lamphu and Khon Kaen provinces and will be operated by the Electricity Generating […]
Continue ReadingThai City Electric, a manufacturer and distributor of Sharp electrical appliances, plans to invest between Bt500 million and Bt600 million in a new factory to serve both the domestic and export markets. “We plan to relocate our factory out of the 30-rai plot in the King Kaew area of Samut Prakan, which has reached its […]
Continue ReadingA high-speed train project linking southern China, Laos and Thailand could start in 2015 in time for the launch of the Asean Economic Community. Chamaiporn Chuecharoen, the commercial counsellor for Thailand in Kunming, China, said the project envisions a train capable of speeds of 200 kilometres per hour running from Yunnan province to Laos and […]
Continue ReadingFollowing months of speculation, the British Embassy in Bangkok have now confirmed on their website that the British Consulate in Jomtien will close. The British Ambassador to Thailand H.E. Mr. Mark Kent made the announcement in a statement issued on the British Embassy Website www.ukinthailand.fco.gov.uk on Tuesday, confirming the closure of the British Consulate which has […]
Continue ReadingAndritz receives CH. Karnchang order for electromechanical equipment for Xayaburi dam Steps are proceeding for the controversial $3.8 billion Xayaburi dam in Laos despite assurances that the hydropower project was on hold pending further studies into possible environmental effects on the Mekong River. Austrian technology company Andritz said Thai construction company CH. Karnchang had placed an […]
Continue ReadingInternational concerns about Lao’s plans to massively dam the Mekong River and its tributaries have again been brushed aside by the authorities in Vientiane who have announced new contracts worth about $1.0 billion to build three dams. The dams will feed a hydropower plant on two tributaries of the Se Kong River, just 100 kilometers from […]
Continue ReadingThe move forms part of its preparations for the new regional business environment once the Asean Economic Community (AEC) comes into effect in a little over two years’ time, group chief executive Yuthachai Charanachitta told a news conference yesterday. The group began studying the restructuring of its business three years ago, when there was talk […]
Continue ReadingBesides the 250-metre chimney stack, the highest man-made structure in this hilly town, Hongsa Power, which is proceeding with construction of its US$3.7-billion (Bt144-billion) coal-fired power plant, is bringing about many other big changes. Coming with construction is the creation of jobs for about 3,000 locals, according to governor Kamsing Sorasuk. Then, with electricity supplied by […]
Continue ReadingThe construction industry’s lack of workers has resulted in many projects not being able to expand, says the Construction Institute of Thailand (CIT). Chakporn Oonjitt, executive director of the CIT, which is under the Industry Ministry, said some works, especially housing projects, have been delayed, while developers have been reluctant to take on new ones. […]
Continue ReadingSouth Korean builder SK Engineering and Construction and state-run Korean Western Power have won a $1.0 billion deal to build and operate a hydropower plant in Laos, an official said on Tuesday. Under the deal with the Laotian government, SK Construction will build three dams and a hydropower plant at the Mekong River in the […]
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