Vietnam struggles to quit coal as renewable energy faces hurdles Despite a boom in renewable power, coal is still a major factor in government decisions, and is slowing the energy transition. Huong is immersed in a nearly 200-year-old practice – extracting coal from north-eastern Quang Ninh province. In the heart of Vietnam’s coal mining industry, […]
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Preliminary construction underway on Luang Prabang Dam, minus key steps yet to be completed Construction work – including the paving of access roads and clearing of a building site – has begun on the Luang Prabang hydropower dam on the Mekong River in Laos, despite an acknowledgment by Lao officials that several key steps in […]
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Asian Development Bank (ADB) Arranges $107 Million for BIM Group to Support Wind Project in Vietnam ADB will offer $25 million as ordinary capital and the remaining $82 million will be parallel loans. The financial package will support the operation of an 88 MW wind energy farm located in Ninh Thuan Province of Vietnam. The […]
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All roads lead to Patong in Phuket – new 4 kilometre expressway approved A 4 kilometre section of the Patong Tunnel project has been approved. The newly approved section of road would link the actual tunnel to the new 30 kilometre-long Mueang Mai (around the Phuket Airport) – Koh Kaew – Kathu tollway, which has […]
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Buddha statue in Cambodia will be world’s 3rd tallest The owner of the hotel group in Cambodia is taking on a big challenge. A big, tall challenge. The owner of the Sokha Hotel Group in Cambodia has pledged to build one of the world’s tallest Buddha statues. His scheme would see the construction of a […]
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Exat seeks partner to build new Phuket expressway The Expressway Authority of Thailand (Exat) is inviting potential investors to submit their tenders for the construction of the 3.98-kilometre Kathu-Patong expressway in Phuket, which it estimated would cost 14.67 billion baht to build. Exat governor, Surachat Laophulsuk, said bid envelopes will be sold starting next Monday […]
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EGAT’s Bang Pakong Combined Cycle Power Plant, the first 9HA.02 power plant in operations in Thailand is a Strong Showcase of Thai-U.S. Collaboration, says U.S. Ambassador Godec • The newly operational Bang Pakong combined cycle plant (powered by two new GE 9HA gas turbines) is set to achieve goals of improved efficiency and reliability, and […]
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Aibel Wins $706M Deal to Build Unmanned Offshore Platform ‘Of the future’ Construction will take place at Aibel’s yards in Haugesund and Thailand Oil and gas company Aker BP has awarded Aibel, a Norwegian engineering and construction firm, a contract worth around 7 billion crowns ($706,1 million) to build the Munin offshore platform (formerly Krafla) […]
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Cambodia’s sluggish property development activity continues, says World Bank The World Bank in its Cambodia Update report stated that a partial recovery of the travel and tourism sector has improved economic prospects of tourism-related construction activity, despite continued sluggish property development activity. It added that staycations among domestic tourists continue to initially support the occupancy […]
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Cable car system proposed by Pattaya City officials to solve Pattaya traffic problems Pattaya City is proposing to solve traffic problems in the area with a cable car system. A meeting was held yesterday (December 14th) and was led by the Pattaya City Deputy Mayor Manot Nongyai and the head of Public Works of Pattaya […]
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