“ASEAN Community, 3 Years before Regional Integration”

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Thai billionaire makes movie in Vietnam
Mon, April 9, 2012


Thai billionaire Vikrom Kromadit (L) and his book "Be A Better Man"
Photo: Tuoi Tre

Vikrom Kromadit, founder of Amata Corp. - a leading regional industrial estate business, and his film crew shot a movie about tourism and the economic situation in central Vietnam’s Da Nang port city on April 5-6.

The billionaire and his staff also arrived in Hue on late Friday to participate in the Hue festival ahead of his trips to Quang Binh and other provinces in the north as part of his six-month 40,000-kilometer caravan trip through Asia. They will leave Vietnam for China on April 16.

The film footage shot in Vietnam is part of a documentary titled “ASEAN Community, 3 Years before Regional Integration” produced by Thailand’s Panorama film production firm, aiming to provide TV viewers with features on the social, economic, and cultural lives of ASEAN members ahead of the launch of the ASEAN Economy Community in 2015.

The documentary, financed and written by Vikrom, is scheduled to be aired on television channels in Thailand, as well as on CNBC and PBS in the United States.

Vikrom Kromadit is also the author of two books that have been translated into Vietnamese, “Tay không gầy dựng cơ đồ” (Building A Career by Bare Hands) and “Nghiệt Ngã và Thành Công” (Be A Better Man), which have gained widespread interest among local readers.

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Thai billionaire to visit Kazakhstan
Wednesday, 15.05.2013


The Caravan's route.
Photo courtesy of organizers


The team's members.
Photo courtesy of organizers


Photo courtesy of organizers


Photo courtesy of organizers

Thai billionaire Vikrom Kromadit has started his third trip called Caravan Asia-2013. This year it will cover Asian countries, including Kazakhstan, Tengrinews.kz reports.

The trip started on March 17. The billionaire plans to visit Laos, China, North Korea, Russia, Myanmar and Kazakhstan in 7 months. The caravan will be made of a cortege of four buses and two jeeps. The team will include 18-20 people. Besides, a film-making crew will accompany them to film the trip documentary called Vikrom’s Vision. A feature movie called DrivenDriven is a feature-length documentary that will follow Vikrom Kromadit as he embarks on a 7 month journey across Asia.

Kromadit plans to arrive in Kazakhstan on August 2 after a tour of 11 Russian cities from Vladivostok to Omsk. According to the organizers, the billionaire will spend around 3 weeks in Kazakhstan. He plans to visit Almaty, Astana, Karaganda, Kokshetau and two more Kazakhstan cities.

Vikrom Kromadit got into Forbes list of Thailand’s richest people in 2006-2007 and in 2010 he made it into the prestigious Forbes Asia "Hero of Philanthropy" list.

His holding company became one of the biggest companies at the industrial constructors market of South-East Asia. The total area of the industrial territories is around 100 square kilometers, hosting 850 companies from 30 countries producing goods worth around $30 billion, which is 10 percent of Thailand’s GDP.

For more information see: Thai billionaire to visit Kazakhstan. People. Tengrinews.kz

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