Infrastructure
Bangkok meet finds ways for 5G business success
Policy makers and industry players from Asia-Pacific countries have been gathering in Bangkok to discuss ways to maximise the benefits in store with a transition to fifth generation (5G) mobile communications technology.Keep reading ...
Google offers free public Wi-Fi
Google Thailand yesterday (July 18) launched a series of initiatives, including free high-speed public Wi-Fi, to enable more Thai consumers and businesses to participate in the growth of the digital economy.The initiatives were announced at the first Google for Thailand event, held in Bangkok under ...
Jintana Panyaarvudh
The role of Asean’s ports in China’s Belt and Road
China’s investments in deep-sea ports in Myanmar and Cambodia will provide critical links in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), but there are also concerns that they could give China undue economic leverage in the region.Keep reading ...
Suwatchai Songwanich
Cross-border transport agreement makes progress
Myanmar and Thailand will sign an MOU for the Initial Implementation of a Cross-border Transport Agreement (IICBTA), to facilitate transport between countries in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) in late August.Upon signing the MOU, Myanmar will start cross-border transport activities with Thailand, said U Aung ...
Chan Mya Htwe
Japan continues to support Mekong Irrigation Facilities Improvement
The Japanese Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) insisted during a meeting in Vientiane that the government of Japan will continue to support the Mekong River Commission (MRC) in a project to improve irrigation facilities across the lower Mekong countries of Cambodia, Lao PDR, ...
Suchanee Rungmueanporn
31 companies express interest in EEC airport rail link
A number of Thai and foreign companies have expressed interest in the contract to build a high-speed railway connecting Don Mueang, Suvarnabhumi, and U Tapao airports. Keep reading ...
Cambodia, Thailand end cross-border rail transport talks
Cambodia and Thailand on Friday concluded negotiations on the transport of goods and people by train across their shared border, with an official agreement expected to be signed in upcoming months.Keep reading ...
Chea Vannak
NESDB to study feasibility of Kra canal plan
The National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB) should be entrusted to study the feasibility of the Kra Canal plan which will connect the Gulf of Thailand to the Andaman Sea in the South, the Marine Department has suggested.Keep reading ...
Assawin Pakkawan
Depa pushes for IoT infrastructure
The government can influence the development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology in Thailand by supporting it and creating new value, says the Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Depa).Keep reading ...
Komsan Tortermvasana
BTS keen for partners join in on key rail project
BTS Group Holdings Plc is open for all its business partners to participate in the construction of a high-speed train link between three international airports if the group wins the bidding for the project, chairman Keeree Kanjanapas said.Keep reading ...
Somluck Srimalee