Vestas Bags Wind Turbine New Supply Order from AMI AC Renewables in Vietnam’s Quang Binh Province SEE ALSO: AC Energy To Build Quang Binh Wind Farm In Vietnam Vestas has secured a 101 megawatt order with AMI AC Renewables Corporation, a joint venture between AC Energy and AMI Renewables, for the second phase of the […]
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Foreigners stranded by Covid-19 pandemic in Thailand can apply for extended short stay visa extensions after visas expire on 31 July 2020 Applications considered on case-by-case basis until 26 Sept 2020 Foreign visitors still stranded in the kingdom by the Covid-19 pandemic will be allowed to apply for an extended short stay after their visas […]
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First metro line in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh city is getting ready for commercial operations by the end of 2021 58 candidates have begun a 15-month training course for driving trains on HCMC’s Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro line. The training course that began Wednesday is being organized by the HCMC Management Authority for Urban Railways […]
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Vietnam’s build-operate-transfer (BOT) thermal power projects rush to meet target In spite of numerous difficulties, the investors of four thermal power plant projects under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model are rushing to start operation and begin generating power for the national grid. The first is Hai Duong coal-fired thermal power plant invested by JAKS Hai Duong […]
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Development dilemma: How did coal sneak into Laos’ energy plans? Coal is gaining traction on Laos’ energy scene, throwing the nation’s dream of becoming the ‘battery’ of Southeast Asia into question. As the country thirsts for foreign investment, has poor governance placed it at the mercy of rogue firms? The plan to turn Laos into […]
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AC Energy to build Quang Binh Wind Farm in Vietnam AC Energy Inc. is on a roll in expanding its renewable footprint as the Ayala Group’s power generation arm is constructing a wind farm in Vietnam with local partner AMI Renewables Energy Joint Stock Co. In a statement on Thursday, AC Energy said the Quang […]
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Luang Prabang named among top 5 Asian cities for tourists World heritage-listed Luang Prabang has once again shone on the global tourism stage after being voted among the 15 best cities to visit in Asia by readers of a US-based travel magazine. The Lao former royal capital came in fifth, scoring 88.17 in Travel + […]
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Siemens builds fully Automated People Mover at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport – Siemens delivers Airval, its fully Automated People Mover – Connects terminals at the Suvarnabhumi Airport – Commissioning in 2020 Interlink Communication Public Company Limited has awarded Siemens to deliver its Airval fully Automated People Mover for the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok, Thailand. The Airval […]
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Cambodian PM sets five-day holiday in August 2020 lieu of cancelled Khmer New Year holiday in April Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Tuesday (July 14) that all civil servants and employees will be granted a five-day holiday from Aug 17 to Aug 21 in lieu of the Khmer New Year holiday in April […]
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No One Knows What Thailand Is Doing Right with COVID-19, but So Far It’s Working Can the country’s low rate of coronavirus infections be attributed to culture? Genetics? Face masks? Or a combination of all three? Is it the social distancing embedded in Thai culture — the habit of greeting others with a wai, a […]
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