Myanmar to complete 135-megawatt gas-fired Rakhine power plant next year A US$170 million gas power plant project now being constructed in Kyaukphyu, Rakhine State, is expected to be complete before the end of 2021, said U Htu Htu Aung, deputy CEO of Supreme Trading Company, which is implementing the project. The project was given the […]
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Transport Ministry proposes a committee to decide on Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi airport 2nd terminal Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has been asked by the Transport Ministry to set up a committee, to be chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul, to decide whether the North Expansion of Suvarnabhumi international airport requires the construction of a new […]
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Chonburi temple glass skywalk – New “landmark” opens to the public What has been described as a landmark for the province of Chonburi on Thailand’s eastern seaboard has opened. It is the 50 meter long glass skywalk, part of a 226 meter walkway 25 meters above the ground between a hill and a Buddhist monument […]
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First SUEZ plastic recycling plant in Asia dedicated to reversing plastic pollution crisis and mitigating climate change opens in Bang Phli, Thailand SUEZ today announced the official opening of the SUEZ Circular Polymer Plant in Bang Phli, Thailand – the Group’s first plastic recycling plant in Asia. It underscores SUEZ’s ambition to commit to improving […]
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Four massive Thai conglomerates to ink Myanmar pact to develop an 800-square-kilometre industrial estate Massive industrial estate in the works for B.Grimm Group, Amata Corporation, PTT and Global Power Synergy Four massive Thai conglomerates — B.Grimm Group, Amata Corporation, PTT and Global Power Synergy — have entered into an agreement to develop an 800-square-kilometre industrial […]
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Passion for solving Thailand’s water problems pays off His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great spent decades trying to combat the twin crises besetting Thailand: droughts and floods Water has caused many problems for Thailand. The country is routinely hit by droughts alternating with floods. Yet in terms of water management, Thailand has been blessed […]
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20% of Myanmar’s Yangon-Dala bridge project completed, set to finish by October 2022 The Korea-Myanmar friendship (Yangon-Dala) bridge project has been completed by 20 percent and is due to finish by October in 2020, said Kyaw Kaung Cho, deputy director general of the Bridge Department under the Ministry of Construction. “Now we have resumed the […]
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Bangkok’s Gold Line monorail to open 16 December 2020 at Bt15 per trip By The Nation Bangkok’s 1.8-kilometre Gold Line monorail on the Thonburi side of the river will open on December 16, according to contractors AMR Asia. The Gold Line links up with the Skytrain Green Line after BTS Saphan Taksin station and is […]
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China-backed refinery starts operations in Laos Laos has started operations at its first-ever refinery, a small 20,000 b/d plant majority-owned by Chinese investors. Operator Lao Petroleum and Chemical (Laopec) plans to add another 40,000 b/d of capacity at the Vientiane refinery in another two phases, with a total estimated investment of around $2bn. Laopec is […]
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Thai property developer MQDC launches “The Aspen Tree” as part of Bangna’s The Forestias development MQDC launches “The Aspen Tree”, the country’s first and ASEAN’s finest healthy living community with holistic lifetime care To meet all your lifestyle aspirations in a healthy living community with every support for sustainable well-being, MQDC, the leading Thai property […]
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