Category: Vietnam

Thailand’s Non-oil energy conglomerate Banpu adds to green energy portfolio Non-oil energy conglomerate Banpu Plc paid US$14.5 million for a stake in Solar Esco Joint Stock Co, a Vietnam-based rooftop solar panel provider, as it continues to expand its renewable energy business. BRE Singapore Pte, a wholly owned subsidiary of Banpu Next Co, signed an […]

Can Tho City in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta eyes two highway works at $118-mln cost Can Tho City in the Mekong Delta wants to build or upgrade highways to its neighboring Hau Giang and Kien Giang provinces at a cost of VND2.7 trillion ($118 million). In a recent report it sent to the central government on […]

Japanese partners Tokyo Electric Power and Chubu Electric Power to join 4.5 gigawatt LNG power project in Vietnam Site, to be built with Exxon Mobil, will be one of largest in Southeast Asia A venture between two major Japanese power utilities will participate in building one of Southeast Asia’s largest natural gas-fired power plant and […]

Work on Vietnam’s Long Thanh airport stalls, PM wonders if 2025 deadline will be met Construction of Vietnam’s biggest airport at Long Thanh in Dong Nai Province has stopped with groundbreaking, and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is unhappy. Making an inspection of the site on Feb. 6, he said: “Even the office of the […]

HCMC plans to renovate iconic Ben Thanh Market Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City have approved a renovation plan for Ben Thanh Market, a tourist attraction. The renovation project would include the upgrade of infrastructure and four main gates, all downgraded after many years of use. Its metal roofing will also be tiled. Funding for […]

$1.95 bln to build new Vietnam’s Mekong Delta Chau Doc – Can Tho – Soc Trang expressway Chau Doc – Can Tho – Soc Trang expressway is proposed to start construction in 2023 with a total investment of VND44.3 trillion ($1.95 billion). The expressway will stretch 188.2 kilometers (117 miles) and connect four Mekong Delta […]

Vietnam’s new Can Gio, Cat Lai and Thu Thiem 4 bridges to help link regions and ease Ho Chi Minh City’s infrastructure bottlenecks The Can Gio, Cat Lai and Thu Thiem 4 bridges, worth more than VND21 trillion ($926 million), will help link regions and ease HCMC’s infrastructure bottlenecks. The largest scale is Can Gio […]

Valmet to deliver waste-to-energy plant in Bac Ninh province, Vietnam Finnish energy technology firm Valmet has signed a contract of between €20 million ($22.5 million) and €30 million ($33.8 million) for the delivery of a waste-to-energy plant in Vietnam. The contract has been signed with waste treatment company Thang Long Energy Environment for the firm’s […]