Category: Vietnam

Tax Implications Applied To Foreign Contractors Carrying Out Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contract in Vietnam (EPC Contract) By ADK Vietnam Lawyers Recently, ADK Vietnam Lawyers Law Firm has advised in legal perspective for the number of construction investment projects has been performed under the form of Engineering – Procurement – Construction contract, referred to as […]

Ominous signs for supply chains from new Covid lockdowns in Vietnam and China Lockdowns causing congestion at Ho Chi Minh City’s Cat Lai port and China’s  Shanghai and Ningbo ports The lockdown in South Vietnam has caused a 100,000 teu pile-up at Ho Chi Minh City’s Cat Lai port. And in China, ports at Shanghai […]

Vietnam and Germany bolster cooperation in renewable energy The Vietnamese Government gives high priority to sustainable energy development, aiming to ensure national energy security and greenhouse gas emission reduction, Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Nguyen Minh Vu told a meeting between the Vietnamese Embassy in Germany and Germany’s Großmann Ingenieur Consult GmbH (GICON) and the Vietnam […]

Sixty-one wind power plants register to go online in Vietnam According to the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), this company has signed power purchase agreements (PPA) with 144 wind power plant projects, with a total capacity of more than 8,144 megawatts (MWs). Based on the progress reports of the investors, by July 22, 13 wind power […]

Hyundai E&C to continue coal power project in Vietnam despite criticism Climate activists on July 23 blasted South Korean builder Hyundai Engineering & Construction for its decision to continue its 1,200-megawatt Quang Trach 1 coal power project along with Mitsubishi and Vietnam’s Construction Corp. Seoul-based not-for-profit organization Solutions for Our Climate said the failure to […]

AC Energy Corp expands footprint in Vietnam’s renewable energy space AC Energy Corp. (Acen) is firming up its presence in Vietnam, investing along with its partners a total of $445 million in 440 megawatts of wind farms that are expected to be operational within this year. These include a 40-MW expansion of the Mui Ne […]

Vietnam’s Bac Lieu province prioritises wind energy The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu has chosen renewable energy as one of its top priorities, aiming to restructure the economy towards green growth and sustainable development. To capitalise on its potential and strengths, the province has taken the initiative in proposing that the Government leave the […]

Vietnam’s Property Market is struggling just to survive during Covid pandemic Vietnam has now had to handle four waves of the Covid-19 pandemic, since it broke out in early 2020, and this has left the country’s property markets to have to cope with some of the hardest months in its history. Marketing and business activities […]

Bechtel wins front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for LNG-to-power scheme in southern Vietnam Bechtel will provide front-end engineering and design (FEED) services for Delta Energy Offshore’s proposed LNG-to-power project in southern Vietnam. Bechtel said today that it has been awarded the deal for the 3,200 MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant in […]