Category: Vietnam

Siemens Gamesa secures 165MW Vietnamese double orders for 5.0-145 turbines to be installed at Tan Thuan and Thai Hoa wind farms Siemens Gamesa has secured two new orders totalling 165MW in Vietnam. The deals, for 75MW and 90MW at the Tan Thuan and Thai Hoa wind farms respectively, will be be for the delivery of […]

Central Retail Vietnam revenues surpass US$1.1 billion after rapid expansion Thai retail conglomerate Central Group plans to cover 90 per cent of Vietnam’s provinces within five years via subsidiary Central Retail. Central launched in Vietnam in 2012, initially with fashion merchandising before taking stakes in local electrical appliance chain Nguyen Kim (which it now owns […]

Hanoi’s first metro to operate commercially by end of 2020 READ ALSO – Timeline of Hanoi’s first metro line: a nine-year struggle The Chinese general contractor for Hanoi’s first metro said the acceptance review of the project is being accelerated to enable commercial operation by year-end. China Railway Sixth Group Co Ltd, the general contractor […]

Vietnam’s Central province of Quảng Nam to call for PPP investment in airport and sea port The central province has proposed a Private-Public-Partnership (PPP) model for calling on investment from the private sector in two key projects – the Chu Lai Airport and sea port systems in the near future. Chairman of the province Lê […]

$32.5million solar power farm opens in Vietnam’s Ninh Thuận province A new solar farm valued at VNĐ750 million (about US$32.5 million) was officially opened for operation in the south-central province of Ninh Thuận on Thursday. Financed by LICOGI 16 Joint Stock Co, the 35MWp Nhơn Hải-Ninh Thuận solar farm covers 42ha in Nhơn Hải District. […]

Wind Vietnam Virtual 2020 event will take place 12 August 2020 In 2020, Vietnam Government confirmed its approval in principle for adding at least 4,500 MW of wind energy to the current power development master plan (PDP VII) citing its concern of serious power shortage from 2023 due to significant delay of coalfired power plants. […]

BG Container Glass (BGC), Thailand’s largest glass container packaging manufacturer, in talks to buy Vietnam solar farms BG Container Glass (BGC), Thailand’s largest glass container packaging manufacturer by capacity, is negotiating with investors in Vietnam to buy solar farms worth over 1 billion baht as it seeks new business opportunities in renewable energy. The company […]

Vietnam mulls return to nuclear energy after 2035 Vietnam mulls return to nuclear energy after 2035 amid warnings that dwindling natural resources could lead to electricity shortages. The VNExpress reported. A draft power plan by the Ministry of Industry and Trade envisages building nuclear power plants with a capacity of 1,000 MW by 2040 and […]