Overall investment, factory output and retail sales all grew more slowly in April than expected.
Government not willing to give commercial-development rights
Thai people credit their revered current monarch King Bhumibol Adulyadej with driving rainmaking projects back in the late 1960s
The aviation authority hopes to attract private investors for the projects
That was equivalent to nearly 70 pct of the total value reported last year
The resort island in southern Vietnam has high hopes for its tourism industry with many new property projects
North Korea said Thursday it has scrapped all agreements with the South on exchanges and economic cooperation projects
Construction of the bridge is estimated to cost $231.25 million
The government plans to issue $8.85 billion worth of sovereign bonds in 2017-20 to fund public projects
Most of them are scheduled to finish by the end of this year or early next year
"Myself and Foreign Minister Suu Kyi reached a consensus, that all problems can find an appropriate resolution via friendly consultations,"...
Special incentives might help attract more FDI, but threaten the fair competition between foreign and local private companies
The booming economy and burgeoning middle class also big factors
The government has assigned 18 out of 86 power plant projects in 2011-20 to foreign investors
They are often expensive because lending countries insist their companies should be involved