Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) and Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha (L) shake hands before the group photo session of Dialogue of Emerging Market and Developing Countries, in sideline of 2017 BRICS Summit in Xiamen, Fujian province in China, September 5th 2017
Bangkok: Thailand have signed two contracts, worth 5.2 billion baht (US$157mil), with Chinese state enterprises for a high-speed rail project with China, Anon Luengboriboon, acting governor of the State Railway of Thailand, told Reuters.
The first contract covers the detailed engineering design of the project worth 1.7 billon baht, while the second involves the hiring of Chinese technical advisers, worth 3.5 billion baht.
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