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Chevron hopes to advance the startup of a $3.1 billion natural-gas project in the Gulf of Thailand to this year, in the latest step by the U.S. major to cash in on booming Asian demand for cleaner-burning fuels. The acceleration of the timetable for the Platong II project from 2012 reflects rising Thai consumption of […]
Continue ReadingA record number of hotels committed with over 70 new contracts signed for key markets in the region during 2010 Accor, the world’s largest operator of hotels, announced today the company signed over 70 new development contracts in Asia Pacific during 2010, which will add over 16,000 hotel rooms to the network. This record number […]
Continue ReadingHouse and land prices close to Tavoy in southern Burma where the building of a multi-billion dollar port project will gain momentum have increased up to ten-fold in recent months. A resident of Tavoy in Tenasserim division, which lies on the isthmus shared by Burma and Thailand, said that most of the new property buyers […]
Continue ReadingThird Thai-Lao bridge set for November opening The third Thai-Lao bridge spanning the Mekong River was scheduled to open in November, offering a new transport link between Thailand and Vietnam, media reports said Tuesday. Construction on the 780-metre bridge between Nakhon Phanom province of Thailand and Khammuane province of Laos is 73-per-cent complete and would […]
Continue ReadingSteel body proposes complex in Burma or Koh Kong The government should consider establishing a steel industrial estate in neighbouring countries at a cost of up to 100 billion baht for infrastructure including a deep-sea port, says the Iron and Steel Institute of Thailand. The institute would recommend Burma and Cambodia as potential locations for […]
Continue ReadingFoster Wheeler AG announced that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group signed a contract with Shanghai Boiler Works, Ltd. for cooperation in the design of two pulverized coal (PC) steam generators for the Vinh Tan II Project for Vietnam Electricity (EVN). Shanghai Electric Group Company Limited, the parent company of Shanghai Boiler Works, Ltd., […]
Continue ReadingYokogawa receives control system order for thermal power plant Marubeni Corporation has specified a Yokogawa control system for the Nghi Son 1 thermal power plant (two 300 MW units) being built by Vietnam Electricity (EVN) in the Nghi Son district of Thanh Hoa Province, in the northern part of the country. In this project, Yokogawa […]
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Hydropower might help the region but risks loss of biodiversity and a way of life The sleepy Lao village of Ban Hat exists today much as it has for decades. Village children dart amongst their families’ fishing boats, laughing as they splash one another with the muddy water of the Mekong River. Life is defined […]
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A Chinese company will invest US $100 million toward the construction of an airport near Naypyidaw, the new capital built by Burma’s ruling junta in 2004, in the latest move by China to expand its involvement in the Southeast Asian country’s transport sector. The company, China Communications Construction (CCC), signed a deal to work on […]
Continue Reading A Chinese company will invest US $100 million toward the construction of an airport near Naypyidaw, the new capital built by Burma’s ruling junta in 2004, in the latest move by China to expand its involvement in the Southeast Asian country’s transport sector. The company, China Communications Construction (CCC), signed a deal to work on […]
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