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Laos surveys new expressway linking Thailand, China

Surveyors are designing a route for a new expressway in Laos that will cut travel time between northern Thailand and southern China. Liu Jingwei, an official overseeing the project, said officials were surveying the route for the expressway that will connect Huayxai in Laos’ Bokeo province and Boten, the Lao town in Luang Namtha bordering […]

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Thailand: Debt avalanche may curb consumption

Rising household debt may slow the country’s economic recovery, as people use their income to repay debt rather than spend on consumption, warns the government’s planning unit. Jinanggoon Rojananan, deputy secretary-general to the National Economic and Social Development Council (NESDC), said the latest wave of Covid-19 infections have triggered not only a surge in household […]

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