In particular, the toll revenue through 62 BOT stations remained stable in the first, third and fourth quarters. As for the second quarter, due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak along with loosening social distancing, toll revenue declined significantly. Currently, toll collection for eight BOT projects are temporarily suspended, including road bypassing project of Cai Lay Town and upgraded road surface project at section Km1987+560-Km2014+000 in Tien Giang Province under form of BOT contract. Two enterprises of 1K National Highway Improvement and Upgrade Project through Dong Nai and Binh Duong provinces and the National Highway No.2 Improvement and Upgrade Project at section of Noi Bai- Vinh Yen have not reported the last month's revenue in advance the collection suspension. Besides, the enterprises of Investment and Construction Project of Hoa Lac- Hoa Binh road, the Improvement and Upgrade Project of National Highway No. 6 at a section of Xuan … [Read more...] about BOT projects collect toll of more than US$545 mln in 2020
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Wind, solar power sees new boom
Regarding rooftop solar power, the total potential is 48GW, including 22GW in the south. According to MOIT, the investment rate of rooftop power is lower (12 percent) than solar power built on the ground because there is no cost for land use and grid connection, but the maintenance cost is 1.6 percent higher than large-scale solar power. The number of hours for electricity generation at maximum capacity is 10 percent lower. … [Read more...] about Wind, solar power sees new boom