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Executives call for use of local currencies at borders
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 11/06/2018
» Business leaders from the lower Mekong River are calling for their governments to use local currencies for border region trade to facilitate transactions and reduce exchange costs.
Vietnam lures investors to renewables
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 22/03/2018
» Renewable energy in Vietnam is becoming popular with Thai investors thanks to the government there offering high adder rates (the rate state utilities pay operators) of 9.35 cents, says the Thailand-Vietnam Business Council.
B.Grimm Power allots B1.8bn for Laos
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 21/03/2017
» 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.
SCG sizing up partner for Vietnam plant
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 26/01/2017
» SET-listed Siam Cement Group (SCG) expects to get a new partner to start investing in a US$4.5-billion petrochemical complex in Vietnam within the first quarter of this year.
SCG seeks to raise Laos investment
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 12/12/2016
» VIENTIANE: SET-listed Siam Cement Group (SCG), the country's biggest cement producer, says construction of its factory in Laos will soon be finished and could begin commercial operation in the first quarter of next year.
Neda hopeful of Dawei momentum
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 09/09/2015
» Myanmar: The Neighbouring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency (Neda) expects major investors, including petrochemical industries, will start investing in the first phase of Myanmar's Dawei deep-sea port special economic zone (SEZ) soon.
Dawei scheme still on schedule
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 11/06/2015
» A collaboration to develop the Dawei megaproject is due to start on time, with the two leading Thai construction companies and the Myanmar government set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) next month.
Amata pledges $1.6bn for Vietnam industrial estate
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 07/05/2015
» SET-listed Amata Corporation Plc, the largest industrial estate developer, says it is partnering with Tuan Chau Group to develop Amata City Halong Industrial Estate on 36,000 rai of land in the northern Vietnamese city of Quang Ninh.