Lego to build $1-bln toy plant in Vietnam’s southern province of Binh Duong Danish toy company Lego Group will build a $1-billion plant in the southern province of Binh Duong in the second half of next year. It signed a memorandum of understanding Wednesday with the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park Joint Venture Company to build the […]
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$479 mln industrial hub planned for Vietnam’s northern city of Hai Phong Construction of a VND11 trillion ($479.2 million) non-tariff logistics and industrial hub in the northern city of Hai Phong is set to begin early next year. The city has greenlighted Xuan Cau – Lach Huyen Investment JSC to construct the Lach Huyen hub, […]
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Bangkok’s Pink & Yellow Monorail Lines are now doing test runs The monorail trains on both of Bangkok’s Pink & Yellow Monorail Lines are now doing test runs. The Pink Line has 30 stations and is 34.5km long. The Pink Line is reported to be 82% finished. The Pink Line will have a phased opening […]
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Sembcorp Utilities and BCG Energy aim to develop 1.5 GW of renewables in Vietnam Sembcorp Utilities, a unit of Singapore’s Sembcorp Industries Ltd (SGX:U96), and BCG Energy, the renewables business of Vietnam’s Bamboo Capital Group, have teamed up to develop up to 1.5 GW of wind and solar projects in Vietnam. Under a collaboration agreement […]
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Construction of fifth Lao-Thai Mekong bridge connecting Laos’ Borikhamxay province to Thailand’s Bueng Kan province is 23% complete The bridge is expected to be fully complete in 2024 SEE ALSO: Construction Begins On Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge Linking Laos And Thailand Across The Mekong River VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Work on the fifth Lao-Thai (Thai-Laos) […]
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Vietnam’s 48MW Tra Vinh Wind Power intertidal project has achieved commercial operation Modern Energy Management (MEM) has achieved commercial operation for the 48MW Tra Vinh Wind Power (TWPC) intertidal wind farm project in Vietnam on behalf of project investors Climate Investor One and ST International. Climate Investor One (CIO) is a blended finance facility delivering […]
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Introducing The World’s Only Colour-Blind Safety Glasses As someone who is colour-blind or “a decreased ability to see differences in colour” [I am a Protan (Protans are people with protanomaly, a type of red-green colour blindness in which the red cones do not detect enough red and are too sensitive to greens, yellows, and oranges. […]
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Historic Victorian architecture inspires design of new Hua Hin Railway Station, one of the oldest train stations in Thailand Hua Hin’s historic train station is the inspiration in the design of the new state of the art station that will be used with the dual track train line. Hua Hin Railway Station is one of […]
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Laos opens long-anticipated Thanaleng Dry Port (TDP) and Vientiane Logistics Park (VLP) in ‘land-link’ drive The grand opening of Laos’ long-anticipated Thanaleng Dry Port (TDP) and Vientiane Logistics Park (VLP) took place on 04 December 2021, marking the start of streamlined services to facilitate and cut the cost of transport and related expenditure. Prime Minister […]
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Hanoi’s Chuong Duong Bridge undergoes damage inspection before major renovation The management unit of the Chuong Duong Bridge is waiting for the level of deterioration and damage to be assessed by professionals before finalizing its renovation plan. It is expected that by the end of December, the inspections will be completed and the company can […]
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