News Thailand touts $27bn ‘land bridge’ plan to Chinese business Thailand’s transport minister has been in Beijing promoting plans for a $27bn land bridge to investors, The Nation newspaper reports. The idea is to build a pair of deepwater ports…
News Thai and Danish firms to study nuclear power-barge plan Thai power company Global Power Synergy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Denmark’s Seaborg Technologies to explore the possibility of a nuclear “power barge” for Thailand. Seaborg has developed…
News Thai PM proposes world’s tallest building in Bangkok Thailand is considering building the world’s tallest building in Bangkok, Thai prime minister Srettha Thavisin said on his official Twitter/X account. He posted after meeting with a consortium of potential…
Companies Concerns grow over finances of Thailand’s biggest contractor Thailand’s biggest contractor is talking to banks about loans as it faces a liquidity crunch, Bangkok Post reports. The Italian-Thai Development company (ITD), founded in 1958, said the talks followed…
News Local complaints delay Thailand’s high-speed China link by two years Thailand’s project to build a high-speed railway between Bangkok and China through Laos will be delayed by at least two years after State Railway of Thailand agreed to elevate an 8km section of it following complaints by locals, broadcaster Thai PBS World reports.
News Thailand revives $27bn “land bridge” plan to bypass Singapore An ambitious plan to build a railway across Thailand, first mooted by the government in 2020, is under active consideration once more, the Bangkok Post reports. Srettha Thavisin, the former…
News Thailand’s Chiang Mai airport to double capacity Chiang Mai Airport in northern Thailand is planning to increase its capacity from 8 million to 16.5 million visitors a year, reports the National News Bureau.
News First phase of Thai-China railway to be complete in 2027 Progress on the 253km high-speed railway between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima, the first phase of the link between Thailand and China, is expected to be in operation in 2027. The…
News Chinese, Thai firms team up to target Southeast Asia battery market Chinese battery maker Eve Energy said it will build a lithium-ion plant in Thailand to serve the Southeast Asian market. The announcement is the latest in the global rush to…
News Pattaya in Thailand to get four monorails The Thai resort city of Pattaya is intending to build four monorail lines to ease congestion and make it easier for international travellers to make their way to the beach,…
News Thai cement firm prints two-story medical centre Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) has printed a two-storey medical centre in Saraburi, Thailand, billed as the first of its kind in the world. It used Danish printer-maker Cobod’s BOD2…
News Japanese tyre maker to install world’s largest rooftop solar array on Thai factory A roof of a tyre factory in Thailand is to be fitted with some 100,000 sq m of solar panels, making it the world’s largest array on a single facility.
News Cambodia seeks investors for $4bn railway to Thailand Cambodia is seeking investors for a $4bn medium-speed railway that will run between Phnom Penh and the Thai border, Global Times reports. A feasibility study into a 382km line is…
News South Korea to work on building Thailand’s first spaceport The Republic of Korea and Thailand have agreed to work together on a Thai spaceport. The Yonhap news agency reports that Korea’s Ministry of Science has signed a deal with…
News Thailand to start $8.8bn ‘Eastern Aviation City’ this year Thailand will start building an $8.8bn “aviation city” in eastern Rayong province this year, a government spokesperson said. Tipanan Sirichana said the project would create 15,600 jobs in the first…
News Thai-Chinese venture plans $1.5bn onshore wind farm in Laos Thai energy company Bangchak Corporation (BCPG) will join forces with PowerChina International to build a $1.5bn wind farm in Laos. The two companies yesterday signed an agreement to cooperate on…