August 30, 2013 | Singapore
Eng Lam Contractors Company (Private) Limited, a subsidiary of OKP Holdings Limited, has won the contract to repair, maintain, and upgrade roads in central Singapore. The S$18.2 million contract has been awarded by the Singapore...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Thailand
The Thailand government has introduced new feed-in tariffs (FiTs) for the development of 200 MW solar rooftop and 800 MW ground-mounted solar power projects. It has also guaranteed payments for 25 years, as compared to 10 years...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Philippines
The Energy Regulatory Commission has approved NGCP’s PhP 12.94 billion Cebu–Negros–Panay backbone project that will increase the power transfer capability of the submarine cable interconnections between Cebu, Negros, and Panay....
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Lao People's Democratic Republic (PDR)
The fourth Lao–Thai Friendship Bridge is all set to be commissioned on October 2, 2013. The bridge that connects Lao’s Bokeo province to Thailand’s Chiang Rai province is part of the Greater Mekong Sub-Region North–South...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Vietnam
The Phu Bai International Airport that was closed in March 2013 for upgradation work will be reopened from September 2013. The work has been completed at an estimated cost of 500–600 billion dong. The airport is located 15 km...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Vietnam
The Ministry of Transport has decided not to permit the development of new container ports at Ba Ria-Vung Tau, HCMC, and Dong Nai till 2015 because existing ports in the Cai Mep-Thi Vai area are operating below capacity. The...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Vietnam
Vietnam has unveiled its plan to develop its first PPP-based road project in the country: the 100 km Dau Giay Phan Thiet expressway will pass through the Dong Nai and Binh Thuan provinces. The Vietnam government has selected...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Vietnam
Construction work on the 72 km National Highway 1A that aims to connect the Ha Tinh City bypass and the Ky Anh district has begun. The project is estimated to cost 3 trillion dong. The road that will be widened to six lanes will...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Vietnam
Ninh Thuan province has approved the development of a wind power project by the Vietnam Electricity Investment and Construction Joint Stock Company. The project will be taken up in two phases. Phase I will involve the Cong Hai...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Vietnam
State-owned EVN plans to connect Phu Quoc Island to the Vietnamese national grid by July 2014. For this endeavour, EVN’s wholly owned subsidiary, Southern Power Company (SPC), plans to commission the 110 kV Ha Tien–Phu Quoc...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Vietnam
Electricity of Vietnam’s (EVN) subsidiary, Central Power Corporation, has called two international tenders for the supply of materials and equipment for 110 kV substations under the World Bank-funded Distribution Efficiency...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Vietnam
Vietnam shut down a 2 bcm per annum gas pipeline for the duration of two weeks (July 5–July 18, 2012) for maintenance purposes. The pipeline, PM3 CAA, transports natural gas from the offshore blocks of PM3-CAA and 46 Cai Nuoc,...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Vietnam
Vietnam’s state-owned energy group PetroVietnam has signed an MoU with Gazprom’s trading arm, Gazprom Marketing and Trading Singapore, for the procurement of LNG. Details about the terms and volumes of the possible shipments...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Vietnam
The Hoang Anh Gia Lai Group is planning to sell six hydropower plants with a total capacity of 211.5 MW. The total investment of the six plants is about 4.2 trillion dong. Of the six projects, four plants are operational and two...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Thailand
True Corporation Plc aims to raise 70 billion baht through its initial public offering. The raised amount will be used to retire part of the 100 billion baht debt amount. It also aims to raise 5 billion baht through the sale of...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Thailand
Thailand-based operator Total Access Communication Public Company Limited (DTAC) has selected Ericsson for the deployment of its Device Connection Platform (DCP) as a service to augment the operator’s machine-to-machine (M2M)...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Thailand
TOT has proposed to invest up to 20 billion baht to set up a nationwide fibre-to-the-home network with 3 million user ports within five years. The operator intends to commence construction in 2014. TOT has sought approval from...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Thailand
National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) has approved its telecom committee’s plan to auction 25 MHz of spectrum in the 1800 MHz band in September 2014. The committee has stated that the consultation...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Thailand
The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) has signed a consultancy agreement for the feasibility study of the Bangkok–Rayong high-speed rail (HSR) line. The study is expected to take 14 months to complete and construction bids are...
Read MoreAugust 30, 2013 | Thailand
The Ministry of Industry has approved the development of five solar plants with a total capacity of 29.5 MW. The projects are the 5 kMW Solar Power/Sakon Nakorn 2 plant in north-eastern Thailand (560 million baht); the 6 MW siam...
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