Infrastructure
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Chiang Rai officially opens first tourist port in Thailand’s North
Thailand’s first tourist port in the northern region has been opened in Chiang Rai Province. Deputy provincial governor of Chiang Rai, Passakorn Boonyalak chaired the official opening of the North’s first tourist port, known as the First Chiang Saen Port, which was developed in accordance ...
EEC committee approves high speed rail links to major airports
Thailand’s Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) Development Policy Committee has approved high speed rail links to three airports. Ahead of the body’s latest meeting, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-ocha, as chairman of the EEC Development Policy Committee, remarked that he wanted its members to focus on ...
Best and worst Asian countries for road quality
Road infrastructure is the marker of a country’s development and is significant for safety and satisfaction of the citizens. According to the opinion survey by World Economic Forum very few Asian countries have the best road infrastructure.Keep reading ...
Laos seeks Thai support on new Mekong bridge
The Lao government has approached Thailand for financial support for the construction of a new bridge connecting the two countries. Vientiane had forwarded the request in the form of grants or loans to the Neighbouring Countries Economic Development Cooperation Agency, the Vientiane Times reported, citing a ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Expressway Authority of Thailand is ready to enter ASEAN Economic Community by preparing to construct a pilot expressway linking with Sa Kaeo Special Economic Zone.
Expressway Authority of Thailand revealed that Si Rat Express Way-Outer Ring Road of Bangkok metropolis with the length 16.7 km will be opened by the end of August. Expressway Authority of Thailand will conduct a study for the 8 additional expressway projects. A pilot expressway ...
Suvaphan hastens development of Sa Kaeo Special Economic Development Zone and accelerates to open new international border checkpoint.
Minister Attached to Prime Minister Office monitored the progress of Sa Kaeo Special Economic Development Zone. He revealed ordering to accelerate construction of Nong Iean-Strung Bot International Border Checkpoint in Tha Kham sub-district in Aranyaprathet district of Sa Kaeo province in order to support logistics ...
Department of Rural Roads to build roads in response to Mae Sot Special Economic Zone
Department of Rural Roads will construct roads for the routes จ and ฉ based on Mae Sot Comprehensive Plan in Tak province. Mr. Darun Saengchai, Director General of the Department of Rural Roads, said that his Department has the policy to develop a network of rural ...
