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Challenges in store as Thailand assumes Asean chair
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 01/01/2019
» As Thailand takes the 2019 Asean chairmanship on Tuesday, threats and challenges lie on the horizon. Experts are warning that Thailand and Asean must brace for spillover from the trade war between the United States and China and push harder for the promotion of free trade.
Internet key for CLMVT rise
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 17/08/2018
» To drive growth in the region, the governments of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam (CLMVT) should aim to improve internet infrastructure, a seminar said.
Prayut urges regional cooperation boost
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 11/08/2018
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on Friday instructed the governors of 32 border provinces and Thai ambassadors to enhance cooperation with five neighbouring countries in Southeast Asia.
The perils of big hydro
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 05/08/2018
» The collapse of a saddle dam in the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydroelectric power project in Attapeu province in Laos on July 22, unleashed a massive volume of floodwater which inundated villages in the province.
The great rail dilemma
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 22/07/2018
» Being erected along green fields in the outback of Vientiane, where Lao farmers still busily grow rice, are a great number of meticulously situated colossal concrete columns waiting to support a high-speed railway which will connect China with Laos and change this agrarian society into a prosperous economy. Or so they say.
Acmecs fund aims for end of this year
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 17/06/2018
» The Acmecs fund will be established by the end of this year and Thailand will contribute a sum of seed funding, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announced after the end of the 8th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (Amecs) summit in Bangkok yesterday.
Acmecs summit meet to forge ties
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 18/05/2018
» Thailand will next month host the 8th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy (Acmecs) summit to discuss ways to increase economic competitiveness along the borders of five member countries.
Subregion summit kicks off in Hanoi
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 29/03/2018
» A railway improvement project connecting Denchai, Chiang Rai and Chiang Khong worth more than 30 billion baht will be among 226 projects to be endorsed at the 6th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit being held today until Saturday in Hanoi, Vietnam, assistant government spokesperson Col Atisith Chainuvati said on Wednesday.
Investors eyed for green growth
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 02/02/2018
» The new five-year Environment Agenda focusing on filling investment gaps for green growth in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS), has been endorsed by environment ministers from the subregion.
Journo chief urges war on ‘fake news’
News, Patpon Sabpaitoon, Published on 27/01/2018
» Thepchai Yong, the newly appointed president of the Confederation of Asean Journalists (CAJ), has urged reporters in the region to unite with media professions worldwide to fight “fake news”.