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Central Group to Spend USD 30 Million on Vietnam Supermarket Business

Central Group, the Thai retail giant is directing efforts to expand its supermarket chain Big C in Vietnam. The Central Group has made plans to build new shopping malls and ...

Battery-Powered Public Transport Vehicles Introduced in Hoi An

The city of Hoi An in Vietnam has introduced 30 battery-powered cars as part of the city authority's efforts to go green. These cars are being used to carry local residents ...

168MWp Solar Farm in Vietnam Completed by Singapore-Based Sunseap

Sunseap, the leading Singaporean clean-Energy service provider has competed its solar farm project in Vietnam ahead of schedule. Located on the south-central coast of ...

Thailand Sets Out Defense Industrial Investment Plans

The government of Thailand has set out plans to establish 'special economic zones' aimed at facilitating the industrial development of the defense sector of the country. The ...

Thailand Plans Trans-ASEAN Bullet Train Linking China, Laos and Singapore

The government of Thailand has laid out a plan to build a rail network linking the country to its neighbors. Thailand has already begun the construction of some routes and ...

Thailand Introduces New Mosquito Killing Device Amidst Dengue Problem

Thailand is currently facing its worst dengue outbreak in half a decade. According to of the Thai Department of Disease Control (DDC), in just the first half of this year ...

Thailand Aims to Become Electricity Hub of ASEAN

The Thai Energy Ministry has announced that the country plans to develop its power transmission lines to become the electricity hub of the region. In this context, Thailand ...

Thai Renewable Energy Producer Unveils Electric Car

Thai renewable Energy producer, Energy Absolute, has created an electric vehicle (EV) subsidiary, Mine Mobility, which launched its first passenger electric car in June 2019. ...

Tesco Thailand Could Open 750 New Convenience Stores

British supermarket giant Tesco-Lotus is evaluating opening 750 new stores in Thailand over the next three years, bringing along with it almost 10,000 jobs. Tesco already has ...

Lenzing Group Builds World’s Largest Lyocell Fiber Plant in Thailand

Austria-based Lenzing Group has approved the construction of a state-of-the art lyocell (a type of rayon made from wood pulp) fiber production plant in Prachinburi, Thailand, ...

Improved Performance in UN SDGs Could Boost Thailand’s Investment Competitiveness

Thailand has advanced 19 places from 2018 to rank 40th globally and first in ASEAN in the 2019 UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Report. This development is expected ...

Go-Jek Expanding Financial Services, Food Delivery in Thailand

Indonesian ride-hailing app Go-Jek will offer more financial services and expand its Thai food delivery business following an investment of an undisclosed amount from Siam ...

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