Construction of Cambodia’s Serei Sophorn-Poipet road section to begin soon The Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MPWT) and Japanese construction companies have signed an agreement on the fourth stage of National Road 5 Improvement Project linking Phnom Penh capital to Poipet city, at the border with Thailand. The signing ceremony took place on March […]
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Huge development project underway in Siphandone in southern Laos Khong district, an island situated in the Mekong River in Champassak Province in the south of Laos is part of the area known as Siphandone (Si Phan Don), meaning Four Thousand Islands, and has long been popular with visitors for its laid-back bucolic feel. Siphandone is […]
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Thailand’s Non-oil energy conglomerate Banpu plans to start operations of two new floating solar farms in Chachoengsao and Rayong Facilities will deploy digital technology Non-oil energy conglomerate Banpu Plc plans to start operations of two new floating solar farms, featuring the largest installed capacity developed by a private company, in the middle of this year. […]
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Probe underway into yet another case of controversial ‘fancy’ lamp posts, this time in Thailand’s province of Sa Kaeo SEE ALSO: Thailand’s Department Of Special Investigation Hands Report On Samut Prakan’s Bang Phli District’s Kinnaree Street Lights Graft To National Anti-Corruption Commission Officials from the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) in Thailand’s eastern province of Sa […]
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Thailand’s Transport Ministry to have powwow with Bangkok Metropolitan Administration over Bangkok’s Green Line dispute The Transport Ministry has summoned Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) permanent secretary Khajit Chatchawanich for a meeting at the Traffic and Transport Department on March 31 to discuss the BTS Green Line train dispute with operator Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTSC), […]
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Vietnam’s government orders daily review of progress on Long Thanh airport near Ho Chi Minh City, scheduled to open in 2025 The government has instructed the Airports Corporation of Vietnam to meet with the contractors building Long Thanh, the country’s biggest airport when completed, every day to discuss progress. Minister of Transport Nguyen Van The […]
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Malaysia’s Kejuruteraan Asastera Bhd bags power purchase agreements worth RM46.8mil in Thailand Kejuruteraan Asastera Bhd (KAB) has secured five rooftop solar power generating system construction and power purchase agreements worth RM46.8mil in Thailand. The agreement requires KAB to construct, install, operate, and maintain the grid-connected photovoltaic (GCPV) solar system for Siam Machinery and Equipment Co […]
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Vietnam’s FLC and Laos’ Petroleum Trading Lao to build a $5-billion railroad line between Vietnam and Laos SEE ALSO: Work on Laos-Vietnam (Vientiane-Vung Ang) railway expected to start in November 2022 Vietnamese company FLC will join hands with Laos’ Petroleum Trading Lao Public Company to build a $5-billion railroad line between the two countries. They […]
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Bangkok’s Lumpini Park to get major facelift for its 100th anniversary in 2025 Bangkok’s most popular public park, Suan Lumpini (Lumpini Park in english), will undergo a major renovation, to transform it into “more than a park”, to meet the wishes of city dwellers and to celebrate its centennial in 2025. Renovation costs are estimated […]
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Give U.K. pensioners living abroad increases with parity as those in the U.K. Give all the U.K. citizens living abroad, who have paid the necessary National Insurance Contributions, the right to receive the same State Pension payments as those resident in the U.K. U.K. citizens living abroad do not receive annual increase in pension payments. […]
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