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Ayala and Yoma team up to close Myanmar’s infrastructure gap Conglomerates’ power and water plans promise to help offset limited public fund If there is one thing Myanmar needs, it is infrastructure. Now, Yoma Group, one of the country’s biggest conglomerates, is looking to build it with a partner that knows a thing or two […]
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Finnish electricity generator installed in Cambodia Two generators worth some $400 million that the government bought from Finland and Germany earlier this year will generate an additional 400MW of electricity by June 2020, which will help reduce dry season power shortages., Cambodia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy, H.E.Victor Jona said on 2nd December 2019. MR. […]
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Cambodia’s construction sector continues skyscraping performance INVESTMENTS in the Cambodian construction sector are expected to rise to 78 per cent by the end of the year, compared to 2018. Its Ministry of Land and Management, Urban Planning and Construction said that investments across the country are expected to be around US$9.3 billion (RM38.9 billion) this […]
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Saving the Mekong With Floating Solar Power Solution 05 December 2019 By: David Brown, Mongabay For two decades or more, alarms have been sounding for the Mekong Delta. It is being hammered by climate change, by a proliferation of upstream dams, by unsustainable and inappropriate farming practices, by greed and political expediency. The punishment the […]
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Vietnam’s Auction Plan for Solar Energy •Vietnam’s energy demand is forecast to increase by over 10 percent by 2020. •After a rush of investment in solar energy in Vietnam, the government has introduced an auction system to stabilize the sector. •While the sector remains attractive, investors can expect a more rigorous approval process. Vietnam’s electricity […]
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Tadano Italthai to tap Indochina for crane sales 4 December 2019 Italthai Industrial Co, an importer and distributor of heavy machinery under Italthai Group, has teamed up with Japan’s Tadano Ltd to raise sales of cranes in five countries of the Indochina region to 2 billion baht by 2024. Yesterday the company signed a venture […]
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South Korea’s GS Energy to build 3GW LNG power plant in Vietnam South Korea’s GS Energy Corp., an energy business unit under South Korean conglomerate GS Group, will build a 3-gigawatt (GW) liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant in Vietnam, a move that is expected to expedite the Korean energy giant’s push to go global […]
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Egat International builds coal-fired power plant in Quang Tri province, Vietnam 22 November 2019 EGAT International Co started construction on Friday of a 55 trillion dong ($2.37 billion) coal-fired power plant in central Vietnam, Vietnamese state media reported. The 1,320-megawatt Quang Tri 1 plant is being built in Quang Tri province, reported Vietnam News Agency. […]
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Vietnam’s remarkable wind energy story with power capacity soon to dwarf all other Asean nations Vietnam is rising as Southeast Asia’s new wind hero, with power capacity soon to dwarf that of all other Asean nations and the world’s biggest offshore wind farm to be built off its windy coast, but challenges remain. 19 November […]
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Swiss-Belhotel International plans to debut in Thailand with four hotels Expanding the Hong Kong chain’s portfolio of 145 hotels 18 November 2019 Hong Kong-based hotel operator Swiss-Belhotel International has announced its plans to move into Thailand with four new hotels. The group explains it is currently in “advanced negotiations” on having hotels in Bangkok, Chiang […]
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