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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

The government has unveiled a six-year economic development blueprint for the three insurgency hit southern provinces that includes linking the region’s logistics systems with Malaysia and Singapore. Government spokesman Maj Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the blueprint

The State Railway of Thailand will release the bidding terms for construction of its planned 16.5-billion-baht double-track railway from Prachuap Khiri Khan to Chumphon province by the end of this month. SRT governor Wuthichart Kalyanamitra said

The State Railway of Thailand has approved high-speed trains from Bangkok to Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan and to Rayong, costing altogether 247 billion baht. Construction is expected to start next year. SRT chairman Sarawut