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Malcolm McVicar, vice-chancellor and president of the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), has spent the past three to four years nurturing a project to open a full-scale campus in Thailand. “This will be the first British university here. We chose Thailand because the country is a good centre to reach other parts of the region and […]
Continue ReadingThe ambition of Laos to turn Vientiane into a city equivalent to Singapore or Bangkok justifies all construction activities in the Laotian capital. With Chinese money flooding into the country, such a move bears also the risk to alter the charm of the city and turn it into a replica of a Chinese suburb. Since […]
Continue ReadingIn a dusty gorge deep in landlocked Laos, work is underway on a project that could change South-East Asia forever. Despite the protests of countries downstream and the warnings of scientists, a construction company has begun building the first dam across the lower reaches of one of the world’s great rivers. Officially the Lao government […]
Continue ReadingIn a dusty gorge deep in landlocked Laos, work is underway on a project that could change South-East Asia forever. Despite the protests of countries downstream and the warnings of scientists, a construction company has begun building the first dam across the lower reaches of one of the world’s great rivers. Officially the Lao government […]
Continue ReadingPlant designed with input from residents The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is trying to develop a plan for a coal-fired power plant in Krabi that allows representatives of the local community to join in the designing and studying phases. Egat has held discussions with sectors such as tourism, fishing and hotels in a […]
Continue ReadingPlant designed with input from residents The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is trying to develop a plan for a coal-fired power plant in Krabi that allows representatives of the local community to join in the designing and studying phases. Egat has held discussions with sectors such as tourism, fishing and hotels in a […]
Continue ReadingThailand will offer financial aid to Laos to construct a 7.75 km rail line from Tha Nalaeng to Vientiane city due to be completed in two years. It will allow Thai trains to carry passengers to and from Vientiane and should lead to the first inter-city train services between the two capitals. Last week, the […]
Continue ReadingThailand has agreed to help build a 7.75-km railway worth 1.6 billion baht in Vientiane, Laos, to boost Laos’ economy. Madam Viengthong Siphandon, Deputy Minister of Finance of Laos, has signed an agreement with Mr. Acksiri Buranasiri, President of the Neighbouring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency; under which the Thai agency will in terms of […]
Continue ReadingElectricity Generating Authority of Thailand has been given a nod to purchase 390 megawatts of electricity (EGAT) from Laos to solve the problem of electricity shortage in north-eastern provinces of Thailand. Director of EGAT Mr. Sutad Pattamasiriwat stated that the Energy Policy and Planning Officers had consented on the EGAT buying of electrical power from […]
Continue ReadingFourth Thai-Lao Friendship bridge to open in December Thailand and Laos expect to open the fourth Thai-Lao Friendship bridge linking Chiang Rai’s Chiang Kong district with Huay Sai in Laos in December, Thai Foreign Minister Surapong Tohvichakchaikul said on Thursday. The construction of the Bt1.4 billion bridge straddling the Mekong River is about 64 percent […]
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