Author: Peter Carlisle

Vietnam opens five-star Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, world’s first gold-plated hotel It has been months since many have travelled following the devastating effects of the coronavirus. But that has not stopped a Vietnam hotel from launching the world’s first gold-plated hotel. The five-star Dolce Hanoi Golden Lake hotel, owned by Hoa Binh Group and […]

The next steps for Vietnam’s booming solar sector THANG NAM DO, PAUL BURKE Vietnam is showing promising early signs of emerging as a major solar producer, Thang Nam Do and Paul Burke write. 2019 was a bumper year for Vietnam’s solar sector. The country overtook Thailand to have Southeast Asia’s largest installed capacity of solar […]

Chinese experts resume delayed work on Vietnam’s Hanoi metro line After undergoing a 14-day quarantine period to prevent Covid-19 before entering Vietnam, a group of 23 Chinese experts has begun to work on the long-delayed Cat Linh – Ha Dong urban railway in Hanoi. SEE ALSO: Vietnam’s HCMC Saigon Metro Faces Delay As Experts Unable […]

Italthai Group’s new hotels on track – plan to open 12 new hotels in one year Onyx parent counts on tourism rebound Italthai Group, one of Thailand’s oldest construction and hospitality companies, is maintaining a plan to open 12 new hotels in one year despite the coronavirus crisis’s impact on the tourism and service industries. […]

Fortune Hotel Group eyes popular Thai destinations after expanding mostly in provincial areas Fortune Hotel Group, the hospitality arm of CP Land Plc, is planning to shift its long-term plan to popular tourism destinations such as Phuket and Pattaya after expanding mostly in provincial areas for years. Chertchai Kamolnetr, vice-president of the hotel business group, […]

Vietnam’s HCM City to develop hi-rises along metro line HCM City plans to stop construction of high-rise apartment buildings in downtown areas and focus instead on building such residential complexes along the first metro route in the eastern part of the city comprising districts 2, 9 and Thủ Đức. Under a new proposal for 2021-30 […]

Myanmar engineers share knowledge with foreign counterparts in Yangon The Myanmar Engineering Council (MEC) with the involvement of the Federation of Myanmar Engineering Societies (FMES), the World Federation of Engineering Organizations (WFEO), and the Federation of Engineering Institutions of Asia and Pacific (FEIAP) held a seminar conducted over the Internet on the responsibility and accountability […]

Vietnam’s Hà Tĩnh province eyes $43 million Wyndham Costa Hà Tĩnh resort project The Onsen Fuji Services Travel Joint Stock Company has proposed investing in a high-class marine resort project, the Wyndham Costa Hà Tĩnh, in the central province of Hà Tĩnh. The project with a total investment of nearly VNĐ1 trillion (US$43 million) is […]

Vietnam moves towards approving construction of third Aeon Mall in Hà Nội The proposed construction of a parking lot and the Aeon Mall Hoàng Mai Trade centre will soon be decided upon by the Hà Nội People’s Committee as Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved the adjustment of the construction planning of the capital […]

Foreigners’ housing demand is increasing in Vietnam’s domestic property market The domestic real estate market is hoped to have growth in the fourth quarter of this year and before the Lunar New Year 2021 if, by this year-end, the domestic economy is restored to levels from before the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the most positive […]