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Malaysian firm to build dam in Laos on Mekong River tributary A Malaysian firm has been granted permission to build a 130-megawatt dam in north-western Laos on a tributary of the Mekong River, state media reports said Monday. Malaysia‘s Asia Pacific Business Lin Snd Bhd Co Ltd (AP Bizlink) last week signed an agreement with […]
Continue Reading‘Bold plan’ for Mekong area rail link approved A “bold” plan for a railway system connecting more than 300 million people who live around one of the world’s great rivers, the Mekong, was approved Friday, officials said. Ministers from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam adopted the plan which they called “a significant first […]
Continue Reading‘Bold plan’ for Mekong area rail link approved A “bold” plan for a railway system connecting more than 300 million people who live around one of the world’s great rivers, the Mekong, was approved Friday, officials said. Ministers from Cambodia, China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam adopted the plan which they called “a significant first […]
Continue ReadingCambodia: Financing for a $412m hydropower plant to be built in Koh Kong province has been agreed. The 338 MW plant is to be built and owned by affiliates of China’s Huadian Power International Corporation by 2014. China: Four Westinghouse AP1000 reactors are officially under construction in China after the pouring of the first concrete […]
Continue ReadingVIETNAM – NUCLEAR POWER Vietnam announces ambitious plans to build 15 GW of nuclear power by 2030 Vietnam plans to have 13 nuclear reactors online by 2030, with a combined capacity of 15 GW. According to a development plan approved by Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, nuclear power will account for 10 per cent of […]
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Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket Sold THB 2.62 Billion Leading Thai listed resort developer Laguna Resort and Hotels Plc. have disclosed to the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) a transaction of the Dusit Thani Laguna Phuket for an amount of THB 2.62 billion. The buyer is Dusit Thani Public Company Limited. The transaction comes in at […]
Continue ReadingTHAILAND – ROAD CONSTRUCTION Construction of Coastal Road Link to Cambodia Thailand begins next month 220-kilometer international highway in the Mekong Delta connecting Vietnam with Cambodia and Thailand will begin construction next month. The Thailand-Cambodia-Vietnam Southern Coastal Road Corridor will begin in Bangkok and end at Nam Can District in Ca Mau Province, Vietnam. The […]
Continue ReadingIndia keen to buy BP’s assets in Vietnam With BP Plc looking at selling interest in some fields to fund its the Gulf of Mexico oil spill liability, India is pitching for buying the British energy giant’s stake in the USD 1.3 billion Nam Con Son gas project in Vietnam.
Continue ReadingIndia keen to buy BP’s assets in Vietnam With BP Plc looking at selling interest in some fields to fund its the Gulf of Mexico oil spill liability, India is pitching for buying the British energy giant’s stake in the USD 1.3 billion Nam Con Son gas project in Vietnam.
Continue ReadingMarubeni awarded EPC contract in Vietnam The Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has awarded Marubeni Corporation a contract to build the 600 MW Nghi Son 1 coal fired thermal power plant, representing the Japanese trading company’s largest independent power deal in Vietnam.
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