by Teuvo Tuomi | Dec 7, 2023 | Laos, Economy, Thailand, Travel
81% of the 5th Lao-Thai Friendship Bridge Project has already been completed, including 69% of the bridge and 93% of related facilities. The bridge should be operational by the end of 2024. The project started in August 2019, funded by a 1.38 billion (USD 39 million)...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Dec 6, 2023 | Asia, Environment, Lifestyle, Visions
Even with coal, higher financing costs, and weaker access to funds, Asia has outpaced Europe and North America in fighting climate change by some key measures, according to a Reuters analysis. Asia boosted clean power, including hydro and nuclear, as a share of...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Dec 5, 2023 | ASEAN, Business, China, Economy, Thailand
The latest megaproject for China could be the Land Bridge project in Thailand, which uses rail links to connect the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand and bypass Malacca entirely. The project, a replacement for the more controversial Kra Canal, was brought up by...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Dec 5, 2023 | Hong Kong, Asia, China, Environment, News, Technology
According to the Secretary for Environment and Ecology Tse Chin-wan, Hong Kong is aiming to become a global green tech and financial center and plans to increase the share of zero-carbon energy in the city’s electricity generation to around 60-70% by 2035. He also...
by Teuvo Tuomi | Dec 4, 2023 | Indonesia, News, Singapore, Sports
Indonesia will declare its interest to football’s world governing body FIFA in jointly holding the 2025 U-20 World Cup with Singapore, President Joko Widodo says. According to him, the declaration of interest has been already signed by PSSI (Indonesia’s...
