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The wind power plant located in Vinh Phuoc Ward in Vinh Chau Town in Soc Trang Province is invested by the BPP Vinh Chau Wind Power, a subsidiary of Banpu Power Company of Thailand. The wind power project has a total capacity of 65 MW. It is expected that the project will be put into operation from 2020 to 2021. Of which, the total investment for the first stage is more than VND1.36 trillion for the install of seven wind turbines with a capacity of 29.4 MW. Once coming into operation, the power plant will be connected easily to the national power grid via the existing 110-KV power lines and the 110-KV station in Vinh Chau Town. Soc Trang Province has many advantages in geographical location and natural conditions for the development of wind power. The province has given priority to call for investment for 21 wind power projects during the period from 2017 to 2020. Up to now, the construction of three projects has been started. Mr. Tran Van Chuyen, Chairman of the People’s … [Read more...] about Soc Trang Province starts construction of 65 MW wind power plant

It is expected that 53 transport projects including repairing, upgrading, building new roads, bridges and overpasses will be completed by Ho Chi Minh City’s transport sector in 2020. Locals expect fewer traffic jams, less flooding and more convenient transportation once these projects go into operation. … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City speeds up construction of key transport projects

Based on the master plan, the first phase of the HCM City Water Environment Improvement Project in Tàu Hủ – Bến Nghé river basins was carried out in 2017, with a wastewater treatment plant with a daily capacity of 141,000 cubic metres being built and drainage capacity improved in the Tàu Hủ – Bến Nghé canals, and new interceptors and sewer pipes being installed. … [Read more...] about Japan provides HCM City non-refundable grant of $16.8m to upgrade sewer system

According to Le Hoang Chau, chairman of the association, the real estate market of the city is now in a difficult situation. These difficulties, however, are temporary and are not part of the normal course of events. "The reasons of these difficulties were the overlapping legal framework and the implementation of legal documentation at the grassroots levels,” Chau said. … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City real estate developers urge solutions for breakthough

Work on Ho Chi Minh City’s Metro Line No.2, connecting Ben Thanh Market and Tham Luong, will start in 2021, according to the city’s Management Authority for Urban Railways (MAUR). The MAUR said it is taking all required steps for the bidding process to complete this year. As the land acquisition process is underway, Vice Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Tran Luu Quang has urged relevant agencies to pay more attention to the project and complete land clearance in June. The line’s construction is expected to finish in 2025 so that the project can be put into use in 2026, two years later than the initial 2024 goal. The city’s Ben Thanh – Tham Luong Metro Line will have 10 stations and span more than 11 kilometres through districts 1, 2, 3, 10, 12, Tan Binh and Tan Phu. Trains will travel underground for about 9.2 kilometres. When completed, the metro line will connect the Thu Thiem new urban area with downtown HCM City and neighbourhoods in the … [Read more...] about Work on HCM City’s Metro Line No.2 to begin next year