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Brimming dams pose severe threat
People in western provinces urged to move to higher ground as more water to be released from reservoirs.Many dams in the western region are rapidly filling up due to heavy downpours, with the situation at Kaeng Krachan Dam being of the greatest concern. The reservoir ...
Pratch Rujivanarom
A River of dams
The Mekong River is 4,350 kilometres long and runs through or borders southern China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. To date, 241 dams have been built along the mighty transboundary river or its tributaries. Over a hundred more are planned or under construction.Keep reading ...
High-speed airport rail headed to Rayong
The committee for special economic zone development in the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC) scheme has approved a 30-kilometre extension of the high-speed railway that will connect three airports to Rayong province, for an estimated 10-billion-baht expenditure. Keep reading ...
Lamonphet Apisitniran
Is Thailand Making Progress Towards Reaching its Climate Change Mitigation Goals?
As preparations are underway for an important formal discussion between countries committed to the Paris Agreement; Thailand, Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy, has been determining its progress towards reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 20 to 25 percent by 2030. But experts have warned against merely ...
Thailand invites Norway to join development efforts in Rakhine State
Thailand has invited Norway to join “friendly help” trilateral development projects in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Rakhine state, Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai said on Wednesday (August 1).Keep reading ...
Wasamon Audjarint
Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy dam collapse will not affect Thailand’s power security: Energy minister
Energy Minister Siri Jiraphongphan said the partial collapse of a dam under Xe Pian-Xe Namnoy hydropower project in Laos’s Attapeu province will not affect Thailand’s power security. Keep reading ...
Supawadee Wangsri
Thailand to adopt GNSS to determine EEC area
Thailand is adopting the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) to determine the exact geographical location of the Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC). The National Innovation Agency (NIA) on Friday organized a seminar entitled “EEC Mega Infrastructure Project Development” to educate participants about the EEC and technologies ...
Thammarat Thadaphrom
The Joint Meeting between Thai Ambassadors and Consuls-General to Neighbouring Countries and Thai Border Provincial Governors
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior of the Kingdom of Thailand will co-organise a meeting between Thai envoys to neighbouring countries and Border Provincial Governors under the theme “Synergised efforts to enhance security, prosperity, and sustainable development in the Border ...
Thailand to host ASEM Meeting on “Sustainable Marine Environment: Marine Debris”
Thailand, as a member of the Asia – Europe Meeting (ASEM), will host an ASEM Meeting on “Sustainable Marine Environment: Marine Debris” on 3 August 2018 at Centara Grand at Central Plaza Ladprao Bangkok. The meeting aims to promote cooperation and exchange best practices between ...
Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand Attended the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting
On 1 August 2018, H.E. Mr. Don Pramudwinai, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Thailand, attended the 51st ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting – AMM and the Signing Ceremonies of the Instrument of Accession to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia ...
