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Thai tycoon Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi has secured the 58.6 per cent stake in Big C Thailand from French retailer Group Casino after a short bidding process. The controlling interest will be bought by Charoen’s holding company TCC Holdings which late last year bought the Metro Vietnam business from Germany’s Metro AG for €655 million and is […]
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The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) report on Southeast Asia sees 74 per cent of the region’s power coming from fossil fuels by 2040, with Indonesia and Vietnam supplying coal Firstly, commercial clean coal technology (CCT) does not exist. Globally, no CCT can compete in price with alternatives like solar and, at the same time, remove […]
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Thai AirAsia cabin attendants show off the promotional fare for the low-cost carrier’s Bangkok (Don Mueang)-Luang Prabang route at the launch announcement Tuesday. (Photo by Thai AirAsia) Laos has finally opened its restricted skies to Thai AirAsia (TAA), which has relentlessly pursued the issue for eight years. The neighbouring state will from March 24 allow […]
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Are you someone who enjoys a cable car ride in any place you travel to? Then you must consider booking your next holiday to Vietnam. World’s longest three-rope cable car system was inaugurated in Vietnam’s Lao Cai province on Tuesday. Connecting the Muong Hoa Valley and Fansipan mountain, which is known as the Roof of […]
Continue ReadingThe ambitious plan to build a nuclear power plant in Cambodia with technical assistance from Russia announced in November during a visit by that country’s premier was unrealistic at this time, a senior official from state-run energy supplier Electricite du Cambodge (EDC) said yesterday. “Cambodia is not ready for construction of nuclear power plant,” EDC […]
Continue ReadingYangon – More than 70 local and foreign companies have submitted their expression of interests to develop the land plot surrounding the Yangon Central Railway Station, according to Myanmar Railways. An anonymous source from the tender scrutinising committee said that their bids would be shortlist and the result would be announced in the second week […]
Continue ReadingPress Release: Greenpeace New Zealand Coal dropped from Vietnam’s future energy plans Vietnam will effectively shelve the equivalent of 70 large coal power plants following an announcement from the Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung that the country would drop all further coal-fired power plant projects and move towards cleaner energy. “This huge win follows tireless […]
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Bangkok: One in five prisoners of war and forced labourers died on the Thai-Burma railway – one for every sleeper laid. Seventy years after jungle reclaimed the infamous death railway at the end of World War II, negotiations are under way to rebuild a track from Thailand to the country now known as Myanmar, as […]
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More than 30,000 foreigners had applied for work permits at Cambodia’s Labor Ministry in 2015 after the General Department of Immigration (GDI) had constantly inspected foreign laborers in the country, a GDI’s senior official said Friday. Speaking at the GDI’s annual meeting, GDI’s deputy director general Lt. Gen. Keo Vanthon said the fee for a […]
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The US News & World Report’s study called “Best Countries” was compiled in collaboration with BAV Consulting and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. It sampled the perceptions of more than 16,000 people in four global regions, asking them to rank 60 pre-selected countries on a range of criteria. It then compiled a […]
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