Bac Lieu

USAID-funded project improves livelihood for AO victims

August 16, 2023 | 14:00

A workshop on creating job opportunities and improving livelihoods for people with disabilities and victims of Agent Orange (AO)/dioxin is held by the US Agency For International Development (USAID) and the National Action Centre for Toxic Chemicals and Environmental Treatment (NACCET) in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on August 14-16.

Bac Lieu’s wind power farm: A must-see destination for sunset lovers

July 28, 2023 | 11:24

Bac Lieu leads the way in the Mekong Delta and around Vietnam in the development of offshore wind power projects. Visitors to the southern land can experience the stunning beauty of its wind power farm at sunset.

Bac Lieu grants investment certificate to 13 projects worth $740 million

December 01, 2022 | 18:33

Bac Lieu People’s Committee granted investment certificates for 13 projects with the total investment capital of VND17 trillion ($739.1 million).

$4 billion LNG Bac Lieu gets environmental impact assessment report approved

September 10, 2021 | 20:24

The MoNRE has approved the environmental impact assessment report of the $4 billion LNG Bac Lieu project invested by Delta Offshore Energy Pte., Ltd.

Can Tho-Ca Mau Expressway proposed to start construction in 2022

March 29, 2021 | 21:41

Can Tho-Ca Mau Expressway, which would provide a transport axis for the Mekong Delta, is expected to kick-off construction next year to be completed by 2025.

Bac Lieu withdraws two general hospitals due to long delays

February 21, 2021 | 12:30

Bac Lieu will revoke the investment certificates of two hospitals that were promising to resolve overloads at existing health facilities.

MoU inked for liquefied natural gas-fired power project in Bac Lieu

October 13, 2020 | 11:54

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the building of a 3,200MW liquefied natural gas-fired power plant in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu was signed between representatives of the provincial People’s Committee and Singapore’s Delta Offshore Energy Pte.Ltd (DOE), at a ceremony in the locality on October 12.

Work begins on 345-million-USD wind farm in Bac Lieu

October 05, 2020 | 09:17

The Kosy Group, which operates in the field of urban development and renewable energy, on October 3 kicked off the first-phase construction of a 8-trillion-VND (345.15 million USD) wind farm in the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu.

Bac Lieu LNG power plant to sign PPA this month 1

August 28, 2020 | 17:02

Bac Lieu and Delta Offshore Energy will negotiate the PPA for the Bac Lieu LNG power project so that the signing ceremony can be held this year.

Construction of over 5.2-trillion-VND wind farms begins in Bac Lieu

July 27, 2020 | 08:44

The construction of two wind farms with a combined capacity of 100 MW began in Hoa Binh district of the Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on July 26.

Gas-to-power sector to make up 10 per cent of power supply by 2025

July 22, 2020 | 16:00

The electricity generated by gas-to-power plants will reach 15,000MW by 2025, making up 10 per cent of the total power supply across the country.

Authorities ask LNG Bac Lieu power project to keep price at 7 US cent per kWh

July 07, 2020 | 16:46

The National Steering Committee for Electricity Development proposed the investor of Bac Lieu LNG project to keep the power selling price for PPA negotiation.

Bac Lieu attracts lion’s share of FDI capital in first four months

May 14, 2020 | 09:29

The southern province of Bac Lieu topped the country in attracting foreign investment in the first four months of 2020 with a single project worth 4 billion USD producing electricity from LNG, the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Foreign Investment Agency (FIA) has reported.

Bac Lieu LNG-to-power project triples January FDI inflow

January 24, 2020 | 16:03

The Bac Lieu LNG-to-power project marks the first billion-dollar foreign direct investment project in 2020, tripling the first-month FDI inflows against 2019.