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Chinese rail workers ‘will be certified’
Two leading professional councils have said Chinese engineers and architects involved in the Bangkok to Nakhon Ratchasima high-speed train project will have to be tested and certified by Thai councils.The Engineers Council and Architects Council said at a press conference in Bangkok yesterday that they ...
Dry port sets hopes on Belt and Road
The country’s first dry port will be built near Myitnge, in Amarapura township, Mandalay Region, and join the Belt and Road network, said U Myo Win, general manager from Myanma Railways (Upper Myanmar).“It is a two-year project under UNESCAP agreement between governments,” he said. UNESCAP ...
VN eyes export boost through Chinese border
Việt Nam should implement polices to increase its export volume through its border gates with China by taking advantage of the Việt Nam-China Border Trade Agreement, experts said.The agreement has created favourable conditions for Việt Nam’s border provinces to change reasonably their economic structure, experts ...
China eases restrictions for investment in free-trade zones
China has removed 27 restrictions in its new list of negatives for foreign investment in its free-trade zones, according to a cabinet notice issued on Friday.Chinese leaders have pledged to open the world’s second-largest economy wider to foreign investors, but a negative list is in ...
China injects 40 billion kip into poverty reduction
Sangthong and LuangPrabang district residents will have better lives after the Chinese government granted over 40 billion kip (33.3 million CNY) to implement the Laos-China Poverty Alleviation Pilot Project. The first time project aims to reduce poverty in rural areas and will be implemented in the ...
Why India boycotted the Belt and Road Forum
After three years of uncertainty surrounding China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), the highly anticipated Belt and Road Forum (BRF) was finally held in May 2017 in Beijing. But India, Beijing’s most populous neighbour, was conspicuous in its absence.Despite earlier concerns over a lukewarm ...
China tells Donald Trump there is an 'international responsibility' to act over climate change
There is an “international responsibility” to fight climate change, China’s Premier Li Keqiang has said in a clear message to Donald Trump ahead of his expected announcement that the US will withdraw from the historic Paris Agreement.Despite widespread reports of the US’s imminent departure, Mr ...
Govt approves Vientiane-Vangvieng expressway corridor, legislation
The government has approved the Vientiane-Vangvieng expressway’s corridor and legislation in a move to boost socio-economic development.The approval was made at the monthly cabinet meeting for May, chaired by Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith and attended by the cabinet members. The 113.7-km corridor is part of ...
Yin Yi bags $124.5M construction contract
China’s Sino Great Wall signed a construction contract worth $124.5 million with Cambodia’s Yin Yi Venture for work on Amethyst One, an 8,100-square-metre mixed-use development located on capital’s Chroy Changvar Peninsula, Reuters news agency reported on Monday.Read more ...
Yunnan: China's bridge to South and Southeast Asia
China is revisiting its periphery with a new, localized approach to regional multilateralism. China is revisiting the importance of its peripheries for engaging with its neighbors according to its ambitious economic plans. Beijing’s new approach is a top-down regulatory regionalism in exploring economic engagement with the neighborhood, particularly Southeast ...
