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Avani Hotels to open Avani+ Ho Tram Resort in Vietnam in 2023 Avani Hotels & Resorts has three properties under construction in Ho Chi Minh City, Doc Let and Cam Ranh, and two hotels in operation in Hai Phong and Quy Nhon Avani Hotels & Resorts, one of Asia’s fastest-growing contemporary hotel brands, has signed […]
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Thailand to cut down power generation reserve from 40% to 15% The State-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) is planning to reduce the power generation capacity reserve to 15 percent from 40 percent of total capacity, in a move to curb high power costs. Decommissioning some power plants early, selling electricity to neighbouring countries […]
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More than 12,300 units in Vietnam’s major cities bought by foreigners in the five years since foreign property ownership permitted More than 12,300 units in Vietnam’s major cities were bought by foreign buyers in the five years since the Vietnamese government authorised foreign property ownership. According to the first-ever figures released by the Ho Chi […]
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Construction of Vietnam-Thailand wind power plant underway in Duyen Hai, Tra Vinh province Construction of the V1-2 wind power plant – a joint venture between the Truong Thanh Vietnam Group and the Thai-based Sermsang Power Corporation Public Company Limited – kicked off in the Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh on August 14. Covering about […]
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Ratch Group set to to expand power generation capacity to 10,000 megawatts Ratch Group, Thailand’s largest private power generation firm by capacity, believes it will reach its goal to expand power generation capacity to 10,000 megawatts ahead of schedule at year-end 2023 through new development and asset acquisitions. Total capacity reached 8,178MW in July, with […]
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BCPG slated to sell power to Vietnam from ASEAN’s largest wind farm in Laos Renewables unit of Bangchak Corporation said to advance plan for 600MW wind project in neighbouring Laos SEE ALSO: BCPG Eager To Build Asean’s Largest Wind Farm In Southern Laos BCPG, the renewables unit of Thai oil firm Bangchak Corporation, is slated […]
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Power industry contracts in Asia-Pacific for July 2020 down 13% Asia-Pacific power industry contracts activity in July 2020 saw 71 contracts announced, marking a drop of 13% over the last 12-month average of 82, according to GlobalData’s power database. Power contracts activity in Asia-Pacific by volume – July 2019 to July 2020 Jul-19 81 Aug-19 […]
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Goldwind and China National Electric Engineering Corporation agree to develop Vietnam’s THANH PHONG 29.7MW Wind Power Project On July 31, 2020, Goldwind Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Goldwind”) and China National Electric Engineering Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “CNEEC”) signed a deposit agreement and a strategic cooperation agreement for the Vietnam […]
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ONYX Hospitality Launches Saffron Collection in Thailand’s Aranyaprathet and Bangkok, Vietnam’s Hanoi and Malaysia’s Penang in 2020 ONYX Hospitality Group is introducing Saffron Collection, a portfolio of individual boutique hotels and resorts to complement the ongoing regional expansion of Amari, OZO, and Shama. Conceptualised as a portfolio of hotels that creatively interprets compelling stories of […]
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Nearly 20,000 rooftop solar power projects installed in Vietnam Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has announced that nearly 20,000 rooftop solar power projects with a combined capacity of 541.66 MWp were installed nationwide in the past seven months. So far, more than 41,180 of such have been put into operation throughout the country with a total capacity […]
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