| Tue, 9 Feb 2010 Lender awaits decision on Thai bank offer | Thailand is still assessing an offer by Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) to buy the government's stake in ACL Bank Pcl, the country's Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij said. | The central bank completed a study of the proposal and forwarded its opinio... | Thailand to help finance 9-kilometre rail link with Lao capital | Vientiane, Laos - Thailand has provided 303,000 dollars to finance design work on a railway link between the Thai border and Vientiane, media reports said Monday. | Work on the preliminary design of the 9-kilometre link began in October and should be completed within ... | Record slump in tourist arrivals | 8 February, 2010 - Tourist arrivals dropped by 15 percent in 2009 from the year before, prompting people in the industry to call it one of the worst slumps in recent years. | Arrivals fell to 23,480 in 2009, compared to 27,636 tourists in 2008, a drop of 4,156 tourist... | Cambodia denies rumors that deposed Thai leader Thaksin granted citizenship PHNOM PENH, (AP) — Cambodia on Friday denied a report that disgraced former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has been granted citizenship, an allegation that had drawn threats in that the billionaire ex-politician could lose his native Thai nationality. | Cambodi... | | |
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