Thailand’s Transport Ministry will spend $8.7bn expanding double-tracked railways next year, the Bangkok Post reports. Transport minister Suriya Jungrungreangkit said six projects would lay 1,312km of new track. These plus…

A consortium led by French engineer Egis is to offer project management and supervision services on a section of the Orange Line metro scheme in Bangkok. A press release from…

Thai contractor CH Karnchang Plc has picked Aecom as lead designer for the Orange Line West metro project in Bangkok, billed as one of the biggest rail infrastructure projects in…

Thailand’s transport minister has been in Beijing promoting plans for a $27bn land bridge to investors, The Nation newspaper reports. The idea is to build a pair of deepwater ports…

Thai power company Global Power Synergy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Denmark’s Seaborg Technologies to explore the possibility of a nuclear “power barge” for Thailand. Seaborg has developed…

Thailand is considering building the world’s tallest building in Bangkok, Thai prime minister Srettha Thavisin said on his official Twitter/X account. He posted after meeting with a consortium of potential…

Thailand’s biggest contractor is talking to banks about loans as it faces a liquidity crunch, Bangkok Post reports. The Italian-Thai Development company (ITD), founded in 1958, said the talks followed…

Thailand’s project to build a high-speed railway between Bangkok and China through Laos will be delayed by at least two years after State Railway of Thailand agreed to elevate an 8km section of it following complaints by locals, broadcaster Thai PBS World reports.

An ambitious plan to build a railway across Thailand, first mooted by the government in 2020, is under active consideration once more, the Bangkok Post reports.   Srettha Thavisin, the former…

Chiang Mai Airport in northern Thailand is planning to increase its capacity from 8 million to 16.5 million visitors a year, reports the National News Bureau. 

Progress on the 253km high-speed railway between Bangkok and Nakhon Ratchasima, the first phase of the link between Thailand and China, is expected to be in operation in 2027. The…

Chinese battery maker Eve Energy said it will build a lithium-ion plant in Thailand to serve the Southeast Asian market. The announcement is the latest in the global rush to…

The Thai resort city of Pattaya is intending to build four monorail lines to ease congestion and make it easier for international travellers to make their way to the beach,…

Thailand’s Siam Cement Group (SCG) has printed a two-storey medical centre in Saraburi, Thailand, billed as the first of its kind in the world. It used Danish printer-maker Cobod’s BOD2…

A roof of a tyre factory in Thailand is to be fitted with some 100,000 sq m of solar panels, making it the world’s largest array on a single facility.

Cambodia is seeking investors for a $4bn medium-speed railway that will run between Phnom Penh and the Thai border, Global Times reports. A feasibility study into a 382km line is…

The Republic of Korea and Thailand have agreed to work together on a Thai spaceport. The Yonhap news agency reports that Korea’s Ministry of Science has signed a deal with…

Thailand will start building an $8.8bn “aviation city” in eastern Rayong province this year, a government spokesperson said. Tipanan Sirichana said the project would create 15,600 jobs in the first…