Category: Vietnam

Vietnamese central province builds new $80mn bridge over Perfume River in Hue City Authorities of Thua Thien-Hue Province in central Vietnam held a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday to commence construction of a new bridge worth over VND1.88 trillion (US$80 million) spanning the Perfume River in Hue City. The new bridge will connect Bui Thi Xuan […]

Vietnam lacks builder for new Thanh Long airport in the southern province of Dong Nai Construction of what’s slated to be Vietnam’s largest airport could fall behind schedule as a VND35 trillion (US$1.48 billion) passenger terminal package has yet to find a contractor. The Thanh Long Airport project’s main investor, the Airports Corporation of Vietnam […]

Construction of 3rd passenger terminal begins at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City Construction of the third passenger terminal project at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City began on Saturday (December 24). Construction of the third passenger terminal project at Tân Sơn Nhất International Airport in HCM City began on Saturday. […]

Vietnam struggles to quit coal as renewable energy faces hurdles Despite a boom in renewable power, coal is still a major factor in government decisions, and is slowing the energy transition. Huong is immersed in a nearly 200-year-old practice – extracting coal from north-eastern Quang Ninh province. In the heart of Vietnam’s coal mining industry, […]

Asian Development Bank (ADB) Arranges $107 Million for BIM Group to Support Wind Project in Vietnam ADB will offer $25 million as ordinary capital and the remaining $82 million will be parallel loans. The financial package will support the operation of an 88 MW wind energy farm located in Ninh Thuan Province of Vietnam. The […]

Hyundai Engineering completes Long Son Utility plant project in Vietnam The plant started operations in February and earned regulatory approval this month; it provides steam and water for industrial use South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering Co., the plant engineering and construction unit of Hyundai Motor Group, said Monday it has completed its construction on the Long […]

Many wind power projects in Vietnam’s Quang Tri Province behind schedule The Department of Industry and Trade of Quang Tri Province, on November 22, said that there were 12 wind power projects in the province with a total capacity of 454MW. However, only two projects had completed construction and installation, while the remaining projects were […]

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 […]