Southeast Asian governments have rolled out ambitious infrastructure development plans to increase their competitiveness in the global marketplace. This is evident in our stories across various infrastructure sectors – energy...
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Myanmar expects to produce 675.62 billion cubic feet (bcf) of natural gas from four natural gas projects of the country in 2017-18. The four projects are the Yetagun project in the Andaman Sea, Shwe project in the Bay of Bengal,...
Read MoreThe China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) Northeast Refining & Chemical Engineering Company has secured an EPC contract from the Cambodian Petrochemical Company to construct a $620 million oil refinery in Cambodia....
Read MoreMobiFone Telecommunications Corporation (MobiFone) signed an MoU on investment cooperation with Ha Noi People’s Committee. According to the MoU, Mobi Fone is expected to invest about 500 billion dong in order to put underground...
Read MoreThe PetroVietnam Gas Joint Stock Corporation has taken over Phase I of the Nam Con Son 2 gas pipeline. The pipeline will supply more than 7 billion cubic metres of gas for household users in the south-eastern provinces of...
Read MoreConstruction work has been completed on the bus rapid transport (BRT) system in Hanoi. The corridor, spanning over 15 km from Kim Ma to Yen Nghia, has 21 stations. Test runs will begin from the third quarter of 2016 and...
Read MoreThe second phase of a bridge building programme, which aims at building nearly 3,959 bridges in the remote areas of Vietnam, will be launched in August 2016. These bridges will be built in more than 5,200 communes in 450...
Read MoreThe Hanoi Power Corporation (EVN Hanoi), a subsidiary of state-owned EVN, has put into operation the 110 kV Noi Bai substation at an estimated cost of $12.6 million. The ADB has financed the substation work. The 110 kV airport...
Read MoreVestas Wind Systems has won an order from the Tan Hoan Cau Joint Stock Corporation for 15 Vestas wind turbines in Vietnam. The order is for the Huong Linh 2 Wind Farm in Quang Tri province in Vietnam’s north central coastal...
Read MoreThe Vietnam government has signed a $309.4 million (JPY 54.98 billion) official development assistance loan agreement with JICA for the Thai Binh thermal power plant and transmission lines construction project (IV). The loan...
Read MoreState-owned Electricity of Vietnam’s (EVN) transmission subsidiary National Power Transmission Corporation has received a $170 million loan from Nippon Export Investment Insurance for construction of the 500 kV Song May-Tan Uyen...
Read MoreThe Bangkok Mass Transit Authority has begun trial runs on the first diesel-electric hybrid bus in Thailand and plans to continue the trial for five months. The bus is 10.5 metres long, has capacity for 76 passengers (26 seated...
Read MoreThe governments of Thailand and China have announced plans to develop a Thai-Chinese high speed rail (HSR) system. Initially, a priority section in Tambon Klang Dong of Nakhon Ratchasima’s Pak Chong district will be developed....
Read MoreThe Mass Transit System Public Company in Bangkok has awarded two contracts of a total value of EUR 270 million for the supply of 46 four-car train sets for the Sukhumvit and Silom lines of the Bangkok Skytrain. Siemens will...
Read MoreAirports of Thailand Plc (AOT) has firmed up a 194 billion baht ($5.5 billion) plan to expand its six airports. The amount will be spent over a period of 15 years. By 2030, the six airports will be equipped to handle 150 million...
Read MoreThe Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has evinced interest to build more power projects. In this regard, it is expected to hold discussions with the Energy Regulatory Commission to amend the National Power...
Read MoreBharti Airtel Limited has tied up with Singapore Telecommunications Limited to deliver high speed secure data network coverage to Asia-Pacific, West Asia, Africa, Europe and the US. Both the companies have combined their...
Read MoreTiong Seng Contractors Limited, subsidiary of Tiong Seng Holdings Limited, has been awarded a S$98.3 million contract by Singapore’s national water agency, the Public Utilities Board, for the supply and installation of a steel...
Read MoreAzerbaijan’s Baku International Sea Trade Port has signed an MoU with Singapore-based SMRT International and Ectivise Solutions to improve operational efficiency at Azerbaijan’s new port. The scope of work includes the...
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