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Initiated by China, the “One Belt, One Road” strategy will gradually reshape the Eurasian continent, but within this grand vision of a “New Silk Road”, it is the construction of the Kra Canal in the south of Thailand which could have the greatest impact. No official announcement has been made on the realization of this […]
Continue ReadingNAM TOK, Thailand (AP) — Wielding a machete, Rod Beattie slashes at tangled undergrowth and soaring bamboo to expose vistas from one of World War II’s iconic sagas. Out of the jungle appear remnants of a railway that cost the lives of more than 100,000 Allied prisoners and Asians enslaved by Japan’s Imperial Army. As […]
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MANOR GROUP, a design and architecture enterprise based in Singapore, will open a hotel in Chiang Mai in October, aiming to cash in on the growth of tourism there and to pave the way for further investment in Thailand and neighbouring countries. John Lim, founder and chief executive officer, said the group had invested Bt300 […]
Continue ReadingTHAI renewable company Impact Energy Asia (IEA) plans to build the largest wind farm in Asean – and generate 600 megawatts on 400,000 rai in southern Laos – under an agreement signed by the Lao government and the company on Friday. “Called Monsoon Wind Farm, the US$1.5 billion [Bt50 billion] farm will be located near […]
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Laos hopes a railway between Vietnam and Thailand and another connecting Thailand and China will help drive socio-economic development in the impoverished country. Laos and China will jointly build a bridge linking the Southeast Asian nation with northeastern Thailand as part of a U.S. $7.2 billion high-speed railway project that has been delayed by numerous […]
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A group of Thai and Lao business people have announced a plan to spend 10 billion baht to develop a large shopping and hotel complex in Vientiane in order to cash in on opportunities arising from the coming Asean Economic Community. The massive complex on 200 rai has the support of the Lao government, which […]
Continue ReadingGamesa has achieved a new milestone in Asia by entering a new market – Thailand – where it has signed an agreement1 with Chinese developer PowerChina ZhongNan for the supply of 60 MW in total at three wind farms. Under the terms of the agreement, Gamesa will supply a total of 30 of its G114-2.0 […]
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Although a bit trite with repetition, no saying better encapsulates the major obstacle facing Laos than “geography is destiny”. The only landlocked country in Southeast Asia, Laos is wedged between the vast rivers and expansive mountain ranges that demarcate its natural borders with China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand. Because of its lack of access […]
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Royal Rattanakosin Hotel. As a city that receives 25 million visitors a year, Bangkok abounds with hotels. The majority of them are new, gleaming and built according to the latest design trend — imposing structures with a lot of glass. Hidden in the shadows of modernity, however, are hotels that seem to be trapped in time, voluntarily […]
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Hua Lamphong railway station is preparing to celebrate its 100th anniversary next year as the hub of a rail system that has been showing its age. A new era of faster rail travel is eagerly awaited but could be a few more years away. (Photo by Chanat Katanyu) Compulsory detailed surveys will delay construction of […]
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