Category: Vietnam

Vietnam sets out plans for $10bn Mekong Delta railway Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has announced that work will begin before 2030 on a railway through the Mekong Delta provinces south of Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC). The 175km line will connect six provinces in the southern region, which grows about 90% of Vietnam’s rice exports. […]

Vietnam to develop offshore wind power after 2030 The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade has proposed delaying the development of offshore wind power until after 2030, instead of meeting the initial target of 6,000 MW within the next five years. At a meeting of the appraisal council for the revised National Power Development Plan […]

Official explains brief suspension of Ho Chi Minh City’s metro line No. 1 14 February 2025 At a press conference held on Thursday to discuss the city’s socio-economic performance, Bang said the metro line has received positive feedback since it opened on December 22, 2024. The number of passengers using the metro has been increasing, […]

Metro Line 2 in Ho Chi Minh City projected to start construction in 2026 Land compensation and clearance procedures for the Metro Line 2 project have been completed, with 99 per cent of the cleared land ready for construction. According to the latest report by the Ho Chi Minh City Statistics Office, in 2025, numerous […]

Vietnam’s high-speed 1,541 kilometers North-South railway connecting Hanoi with Ho Chi Minh City to begin construction in December 2027 Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport has announced that construction of the high-speed North-South railway will begin in December 2027, with completion expected by 2035. The Ministry of Transport has finalized a comprehensive plan to begin construction of […]

Coro Energy puts 47 more rooftop solar sites into operation in Vietnam Southeast Asian energy company Coro Energy PLC announced on January 16 that a 47 further sites (circa 1.4MW) in Vietnam are now operational and generating revenue. As previously announced in October 2023, the company signed an MoU in Vietnam with Mobile World Group […]

Germany energy firm wpd plans $180 mln wind power project in central Vietnam Germany’s energy company wpd plans to invest VND4,600 billion ($181.62 million) in building a 143 MW wind power plant in Vietnam’s central coastal province of Binh Dinh. Hans-Christoph Brumberg, managing director and general manager Asia of wpd, made the statement at a […]

Vietnam to finish nuclear power plant by 2030 SEE ALSO: Vietnam restarts Ninh Thuan nuclear project after 8-year suspension HANOI — Vietnam aims to complete construction of the Ninh Thuan nuclear power plant by 2030 as it ramps up its nuclear energy goals and seeks to diversify sources for power supply. Prime Minister Pham Minh […]

Ho Chi Minh City opens first metro line after years of delays After years of funding shortages, ballooning costs and bureaucratic foot-dragging, Ho Chi Minh City is opening the first metro line to serve its 10 million residents. Years of start-and-stop construction means the seemingly new ticket vending machines are partly obsolete: they accept coins […]

Construction of new Phong Chau bridge kicks off in vietnam’s northern province of Phu Tho The Ministry of Transport and the People’s Committee of the northern province of Phu Tho on December 21 started the construction of the new Phong Chau bridge on National Highway 32C to replace the old one, which collapsed as a […]