Thursday, April 28th, 2011
The Thai government has laid down plans to launch the country’s National Spatial Data Infrastructure (NSDI) portal by 2012 which will serve as the national gateway for spatial information and pave the way towards “Spatially Enabling” Thailand. Dr....
Thursday, April 28th, 2011
The Russian-Indian satellite launched last week to study solar energy is functioning normally. The scientific satellite YouthSat, with a lift-off mass of 92 kg., was launched into orbit on 20 April by an Indian polar satellite launch...
Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
Iran, Oman, Qatar, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan on Monday signed an agreement on transportation and the transit of goods via railway, sea and land. Under the pact which was inked by the foreign ministers of the five countries at...
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
The government will wait at least two years until it responds to a comprehensive review recommending a shake-up of national environment laws. The two-year wait has been questioned by the review's spearhead, Allan Hawke, who calls the decision...
Monday, April 25th, 2011
The Cities Development Initiative for Asia (CDIA) has prepared a PPP Guide for Municipalities offering an innovative view to help local governments understand how to approach a potential PPP project and to review some issues that may...
Monday, April 25th, 2011
Construction of the Song Tranh No 4 Hydropower Plant kicked off yesterday in Que Luu Commune in the central province of Quang Nam. The VND1.6 trillion (US$76 million) plant is one of the projects set out in...
Monday, April 25th, 2011
Coal mines in Kalimantan and Sumatra are the coal mines of interest by investors from countries China, India and Singapore. We have good data about the mines that will be on sale and can be a place...
Sunday, April 24th, 2011
A Rokot light-class carrier rocket carrying with the Geo-IK-2 satellite blasted off February 1 from Russia's Plesetsk launching site, but placed the satellite in an incorrect orbit. After the launch, the Defense Ministry announced it had lost...
