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Japan provides $200m loan to Cambodia for new port The Japanese government has approved a US$200 million loan to Cambodia to build a second deep-sea port in the southwestern coastal city of Sihanoukville, a Cambodian minister said on Saturday. The offer was confirmed when Japanese Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Minister Keiichi Ishii met on […]
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HCMC plans major airport expansion Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam has submitted a detailed proposal to the Ministry of Transport to expand Tan Son Nhat International Airport by 2020. Local media reported it estimates the cost of newly building and upgrading the runway, terminals and transport systems around the airport will cost around VND19.3 trillion […]
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Is Cambodia ready for SE Asia’s tallest building? There is a desire to urbanise like other big cities in the region, but experts say time is not right for phnom penH to reach for the sky It would be hard for visitors to miss the affluence that is revealing itself in Phnom Penh now. There […]
Continue ReadingSE Asia’s biggest building technology fair in Bangkok – Over 400,000 attendees expected Billed as Southeast Asia’s biggest building technology exposition, the Architect Expo is opening its gates once more. Now on its 31st edition, the fair will run from 2 May through 7 May in Bangkok. Architects, interior designers and those in related professions […]
Continue ReadingMove to extend lease period in Thailand expected to stir interest of foreigners The move to revise the leasehold act and extend the lease period from 30 years to 50 years will be good for developers who offer residential homes to foreigners, both in Bangkok and at tourist destinations, property experts said. “This act will […]
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B.Grimm Power allots B1.8bn for Laos – 8 hydropower plants planned in country Champasak, Laos: B.Grimm Power Co, a unit of B.Grimm Group, plans to invest 17 billion baht in 2017-18, including for the development of hydropower in neighbouring Laos. Of the total, around 1.8 billion baht is for the development of eight hydropower plants […]
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MMC Announces Successful Demo of Drone Stringing Power Line on Thailand’s Ragged Mountain On 15th Mar., 2017, top industrial drone manufacturer MMC had power line stringing project for EGAT (Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand) in Thailand. That’s another successful transnational demonstration for MMC since power line stringing project in Bhutan, India, Kalimantan and Surabaya using […]
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B Grimm Power signs MoU for power line in Cambodia B GRIMM Power recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Poipet PP SEZ Co, one of the largest industrial-estate operators in Cambodia, to develop a power-transmission line at its industrial park in the western city of Poipet. This will be the company’s starting point in […]
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Thai conglomerate to build shopping mall in Phnom Penh Thailand’s largest retailer is set to invest in a large shopping mall in Phnom Penh, Bangkok’s ambassador to Cambodia has revealed. Nuttavudh Photisaro, Thailand’s ambassador to Cambodia, said last week that the Central Group, the largest Thai-based retailing company, will soon come to Cambodia and invest […]
Continue ReadingLaos, Vietnam speed up plans for Vientiane-Hanoi expressway Laos and Vietnam have agreed to take the next steps to start construction of an expressway linking the capitals of Vientiane and Hanoi this year. The agreement was reached at a bilateral meeting held in Hanoi on Tuesday between Laos’ Ministry of Public Works and Transport and […]
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