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‘Bold plan’ for Mekong area rail link approved A “bold” plan for a railway system connecting more than 300 million people who live around one of the world’s great rivers, the Mekong, was approved Friday, officials said. Ministers from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam adopted the plan which they called “a significant first […]
Continue Reading‘Bold plan’ for Mekong area rail link approved A “bold” plan for a railway system connecting more than 300 million people who live around one of the world’s great rivers, the Mekong, was approved Friday, officials said. Ministers from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam adopted the plan which they called “a significant first […]
Continue ReadingPTTEP closes up on M9 gas deal Thailand will sign an agreement tomorrow to buy natural gas from the Zawtika field at the offshore Block M9 in the Gulf of Martaban in Burma from late 2013, Energy Minister Wannarat Charnnukul said.
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THAILAND BURMA BORDER – ROAD PROJECT Thai local leaders meet to call for ban on construction of cross-border road project Thai locally elected officials in Chiangrai’s Mae Chan and Mae Fa Luang districts held a meeting to demand ban on construction of a joint road project agreed between Thai firm and the Burma Army […]
Continue ReadingBangladesh Railway link with Myanmar by 2014 Ecnec okays Tk 1,852cr project for Dohazari-Gundhum rail line The government is going to construct a rail line from Dohazari in Chittagong to Gundhum in Myanmar via Cox’s Bazar to establish link with the proposed Trans-Asia Railway corridor.
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