Category: Vietnam

A merger between international engineering and management consultants Aurecon and building engineering specialists Daniel Chan and Associates Ltd (DCAL) of Hong Kong was announced this week. The merger will enhance Aurecon’s capacity to service large infrastructure projects in Hong Kong and enable its respected building design team to increasingly service clients of Aurecon’s offices across […]

Japan will provide about ¥500 billion in financial assistance to help Vietnam undertake two major infrastructure projects seen as key to promoting economic growth in the Southeast Asian nation, the Nikkei reported. Tokyo will tap its official development assistance funds as well as solicit investment capital from private companies. Japan’s first public-private aid deal for […]

Siam Orchids Thailand Company Limited announced that it will commence legal action for breach of contract against the MGM Ho Tram Casino Project in Vung Tau, Vietnam. The horticulture consultant/project manager claims bad faith and 24 months of unpaid invoices. A spokesman for Siam Orchids said: “It is with great regret that we have to […]

Marubeni Corp., a Japanese trading company, and Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group are in talks about building a coal-fired power station in Vietnam, a Marubeni spokesman Yo Nomura said. He declined to comment on a Nikkei newspaper report today that said the station will cost $2 billion dollars and will be the nation’s biggest with […]

10-year budget lifted to B75 billion B. Grimm, one of Thailand’s oldest trading conglomerates, expects to be awarded four additional small power producer (SPP) licences on top of five already granted as it expands its 10-year investment budget to 75 billion baht. Preeyanart Soontornwata, president of Amata B. Grimm Power Ltd, said the company was […]

Southeast Asia looks to nuclear power Safety is not the only reason Southeast Asia has been slow to develop nuclear power plants. They are far more expensive than other kinds of power stations. Southeast Asian economies are growing fast and need more energy to fuel that growth. As a result, almost every country in the […]

LAGUNA PHUKET is closing the Sheraton Grande from mid-year 2011 to the next high season for a 500 million baht transformation that will see it reopen as an Angsana. The Sheraton has pride of place at Laguna on a peninsula that runs between two lagoons to the Bang Tao beachfront. It’s an idyllic location but […]