Category: Vietnam

729 km (453 miles) expansion to the eastern part of Vietnam’s North-South Expressway approved The National Assembly approved Tuesday a 729 km (453 miles) expansion to the eastern part of Vietnam’s North-South Expressway. The extension received 93.99 percent votes from 474 legislators, allowing the government to spend VND146.990 trillion (almost $6.5 billion) of the state […]

HCMC-Mekong Delta expressway extension completed, ready for Tet Lunar New Year rush The Trung Luong – My Thuan Expressway is set to open to traffic on Jan. 22, just in time for the Lunar New Year, or Tet. Nguyen Tan Dong, CEO of BOT Trung Luong – My Thuan JSC, the expressway builder, said Monday […]

Southern Vietnam province to spend $857 mln on three highways linking Long Thanh airport Dong Nai Province has approved the building or widening of three roads leading to Long Thanh airport, Vietnam’s largest, when it is completed. To cost the province VND19.6 trillion ($857 million), they will see the construction of the 53-kilometer Provincial Road […]

Construction of key routes linking northern mountainous provinces of Vietnam begins A transport project that build roads to connect northern mountainous provinces began with a groundbreaking ceremony held in Lai Chau, one of the localities involved, on December 27. Covering areas of Lai Chau, Lao Cai and Yen Bai provinces, the project will build two […]

How wind power is transforming communities in Viet Nam In two provinces of Viet Nam, a quiet transformation is taking place, driven by the power of renewable energy. Thien Nghiep Commune, a few hundred kilometres from Ho Chi Min City, is a community of just over 6,000 people – where for years, people relied largely […]

Enterprize Energy and the Vietnamese Institute of Energy agree to partner to explore green hydrogen in Vietnam Offshore wind developer will begin the study in 2022 in partnership with the Vietnamese Institute of Energy Enterprize Energy and the Vietnamese Institute of Energy have agreed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to partner in a study assessing […]

Bidding contract for Vietnam’s Phuoc Thai 2, Phuoc Thai 3 solar power plants signed A signing ceremony for the bidding contract No.3 in the form of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) for Phuoc Thai 2 and Phuoc Thai 3 solar power plants took place in Hanoi on December 22. Signatories were the Power Project Management […]

Steel giant Hoa Phat Group plans to build a $104 million container plant in Vietnam’s southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau Steel giant Hoa Phat Group has received a permit to build a VND2.4 trillion ($104.64 million) container manufacturing plant in the southern province of Ba Ria-Vung Tau. According to VN Express, the plant, when […]

Korea’s Daewoo Engineering & Construction to Expand Development Business in Vietnam Daewoo Engineering & Construction (Daewoo E&C) announced on Dec. 15 that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the International Cooperation Bureau under Vietnam’s Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI) to cooperate in Vietnam’s urban development and industrial complex development. Daewoo E&C […]

Energy Capital Vietnam, B.Grimm Power, and Siemens Energy Partner in Landmark LNG-to-Power Project in Vietnam The consortium to develop an LNG-to-power project in Mui Ke Ga (MKG), Binh Thuan Province, in Southern Vietnam Energy Capital Vietnam (ECV), a U.S.-based project holding and development company established in 2015 to serve as a platform for private investment […]