Son La Hydropower Plant - project of the century

Son La Hydropower Plant - project of the century

The Son La Hydropower Plant, the largest project in Southeast Asia, is not only the pride of the country but it also marks an outstanding growth of the electric sector of Vietnam today.
Water project to help power, steel industries

Water project to help power, steel industries

A $142 million water project in Vung Ang Economic Zone is expected to supply industrial water for the Vung Ang I thermal power plant this month and ease water shortages for the rest of the economic zone.
MDF sector is on the climb

MDF sector is on the climb

Foreign enterprises are chopping into local wood supplies to set up their own medium density fiberboard (MDF) manufacturing plants in Vietnam.
DVIZ’s Belgian investment flagship

DVIZ’s Belgian investment flagship

Dinh Vu Industrial Zone, the biggest Belgian investment in Vietnam, will receive Prince Philippe of Belgium this week to inaugurate the zone’s wastewater treatment plant during his visit to Vietnam together with 300 Belgian businesses operating in water and sewerage management, transport, port, logistics and healthcare.
Petrol woes mean a gallon of trouble

Petrol woes mean a gallon of trouble

Deputy minister of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Tran Tuan Anh tells VIR how petrol prices and supply sources rising tension in the world could impact on local firms’ performances.
VAEZ looks to quench thirst

VAEZ looks to quench thirst

Water shortages will be eased in central Ha Tinh province’s Vung Ang Economic Zone.

Iraq initials gas deals with Turkish, Kuwaiti, Korean firms

Iraq on Sunday initialled draft agreements with Turkish, Kuwaiti and Korean energy firms to develop two of three gas fields auctioned last month, an oil ministry spokesman said.
Hydroelectric lakes spell flood trouble in south-central Vietnam

Hydroelectric lakes spell flood trouble in south-central Vietnam

Vietnam’s southern central province of Phu Yen is facing its most critical flood threats in history due to the discharge of three hydroelectric lakes.