Category: Vietnam

Vietnam’s HCM City to develop hi-rises along metro line HCM City plans to stop construction of high-rise apartment buildings in downtown areas and focus instead on building such residential complexes along the first metro route in the eastern part of the city comprising districts 2, 9 and Thủ Đức. Under a new proposal for 2021-30 […]

Vietnam’s Hà Tĩnh province eyes $43 million Wyndham Costa Hà Tĩnh resort project The Onsen Fuji Services Travel Joint Stock Company has proposed investing in a high-class marine resort project, the Wyndham Costa Hà Tĩnh, in the central province of Hà Tĩnh. The project with a total investment of nearly VNĐ1 trillion (US$43 million) is […]

Vietnam moves towards approving construction of third Aeon Mall in Hà Nội The proposed construction of a parking lot and the Aeon Mall Hoàng Mai Trade centre will soon be decided upon by the Hà Nội People’s Committee as Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has approved the adjustment of the construction planning of the capital […]

Foreigners’ housing demand is increasing in Vietnam’s domestic property market The domestic real estate market is hoped to have growth in the fourth quarter of this year and before the Lunar New Year 2021 if, by this year-end, the domestic economy is restored to levels from before the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the most positive […]

Vietnam’s HCMC Saigon metro faces delay as experts unable to enter Vietnam due to Covid-19 pandemic Saigon’s first metro line could face further construction delays since 100 foreign engineers working on it have been unable to enter Vietnam. The experts work for Japanese contractor Hitachi, which is in charge of installing tracks and maintenance equipment […]

Thailand’s Gulf Energy Development to buy Vietnamese onshore wind farms Firm negotiated US$200m deal for two projects via video conferencing, drone inspections Gulf says it will purchase onshore wind farms in Vietnam with a total capacity of 100 megawatts. SET-listed Gulf Energy Development Plc announced yesterday that it would purchase wind farms in Vietnam worth […]

Sharp Corporation to launch new 45 MW solar power plant in Vietnam’s central province of Ninh Thuan in July 2020 Japanese electronics giant Sharp Corporation will begin operating a 45 MW solar power plant in the central province of Ninh Thuan in July. The plant is a joint venture between Sharp Energy Solutions Corp., a […]

Vietnam approves 7 GW of new wind projects Vietnam has given the green light to almost a hundred new wind energy installations, indicating the nation keeps powering ahead with renewables amid fears of looming power shortages as its industry and population boom. The Vietnamese government on Thursday (25 June) formally approved 7 gigawatts (GW) worth […]