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The cabinet has approved in principle six draft announcements by the Prime Minister’s Office concerning expropriation of land for three electric train projects. The projects are the Pink Line from Khae Rai to Min Buri, the

The Thai government has approved plans for a long-awaited high-speed railway to China, meaning that it might actually fulfill its promise of beginning construction on the much-anticipated line before the end of this year. On Tuesday, Thailand greenlit the first

The cabinet on Tuesday approved a plan to build a 4.6-billion-baht observation tower in Bangkok without a call for bids, Athisit Chainuwat, an assistant to the government spokesman, said the cabinet agreed with the Treasury Department’s

TOKYO – Japan has shown a high level of interest in joining the bidding for the construction of the 193.5 km Bangkok-Rayong high-speed train project that will link the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) and three international

From motorways to mass transit to double-track rail, 2017 promises movement on long-delayed projects that will stimulate economic activity. With the current government committed to calling the general election sometime in 2017, big-ticket infrastructure development is

BANGKOK: Thailand’s cabinet approved an infrastructure action plan worth 895.8 billion baht (US$25.2bil) for 2017, as the military government ramps up investment projects to boost a sluggish economy. The army seized power in May 2014 to

The Thai  government has vowed to rev up construction of planned development projects under the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC), which it hopes will form a new engine to drive economic growth. Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who

Almost 100 billion baht worth of contracts for public works set for the fiscal 2017 budget are set to be signed off on this month as part of government efforts to ramp up state spending to

MahaNakhon, the tallest building of Thailand, was officially launched with lights and sounds shows in Bangkok on Monday night. Lights were beamed onto the 314-metre-tall structure and skywards from the building as its developer Pace Development