Category: Vietnam

Vietnam to get its first Korean-style industrial complex, in Hung Yen Province The eco-friendly facility is slated to be completed by 2024 in the northern province of Hung Yen and house 60 companies A groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday for Vietnam’s first Korean-style industrial complex, to be built in the country’s northern Hung Yen Province. […]

Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) proposes reducing purchase price of wind and solar power Vietnam Electricity (EVN) proposed the Ministry of Industry and Trade reduce the purchase price of wind and solar power by 30 percent compared to the current one. With the data collected until November 16, 2022, the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) has just […]

Vietnam to Seal $11B Funding Deal to help Vietnam shift its economy off coal Negotiations to secure US$11 billion in funding to help Vietnam shift its economy off coal are in the home stretch, with the country’s debt wariness and donor concerns about suppression of dissent among the thorny issues still to be resolved. Odds […]

Vietnam’s second-biggest property developer No Va Land faces cash crunch: sources No Va Land fires staff, seeks urgent asset sales Vietnam’s second-biggest listed developer, No Va Land, is firing staff and seeking urgent asset sales, company and industry sources said, as it struggles to pay creditors in the latest sign of distress in the country’s […]

Singapore & Vietnam to partner on green projects and ASEAN power grid Following Singapore’s President, Halimah Yacob’s state visit to Hanoi as well as Ho Chi Minh City this week, a digital and green economic relationship between Singapore and Vietnam is reportedly in the works. Madam Halimah stated at the end of her five-day visit […]

Aurecon strengthens renewables capabilities in Southeast Asia with senior hires Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City – International design, engineering and advisory company Aurecon has appointed Lorenzo Claveri as Wind and Renewables Leader and Chanon Mahisanan as Senior Engineer, Power Generation to bolster its renewables capabilities in Southeast Asia. These two appointments are part of Aurecon’s […]

Construction of Vietnam’s VND55-trillion-thermal-power-plant in Quang Tri province cancelled Mr. Vo Van Hung, Chairman of the People’s Committee of Quang Tri Province, on October 7, said that the Thai Ministry of Energy had agreed to cancel the implementation of the Quang Tri 1 BOT Thermal Power Plant project. Accordingly, within the framework of the Second […]

Vietnam to start work on Long Thanh airport near Ho Chi Minh City in December Work on the runway for Vietnam’s Long Thanh airport will begin in December almost two years after the project’s groundbreaking ceremony. It follows calls from the country’s prime minister to expedite the work. Nguyen Van Hung, an official at the […]

Vietnam’s Construction Ministry plans to build 1.8 million apartments for low-income earners The Ministry of Construction (MoC) has submitted a plan to build over 1.8 million apartments under a social housing scheme for low-income earners and workers in industrial zones (IZs) by 2030. The Ministry of Construction (MoC) has submitted a plan to build over […]

Hyundai Engineering & Construction lined up to build major new district 50km south of the capital, Hanoi Korea’s Hyundai Engineering & Construction has signed a memorandum of understanding with Vietnamese conglomerate Bitexco to develop a substantial new industrial and residential district in Vietnam’s Ha Nam Province, about 50km south of the capital, Hanoi. Hyundai will […]