Vietnam will spend around US$1 billion each year to develop power transmission facilities and is dependent on foreign financing sources, a state-owned company said.

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Vietnam will be among the top five international powerhouses which will drive world trade growth until 2025 as its trade volume is expected to grow 144 percent by then, the HSBC says in a new report.

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Many power plant projects are years behind schedule, hurting Vietnam’s chances of fulfilling its goal of achieving a stable power supply, industry insiders said.

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The construction of a US$2-billion-plus thermo power plant began in the northern province of Quang Ninh Friday.

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Hyundai Engineering and Construction, South Korea’s largest builder, said Tuesday it has won a US$1.46 billion (S$1.76 billion) order to build two power plants in Vietnam.

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The global recession and resultant lower purchasing power has caused difficulties for many Vietnamese exporters.

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State utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN) group has awarded a $1.3 billion contract to a consortium of Chinese companies to build a coal-fired power plant in Vietnam’s southern region, the official Vietnam News Agency reported on Friday.

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PetroVietnam has awarded its subsidiary a contract to build a 1,200-megawatt coal-fired thermal power plant in southern Vietnam, which will use coal imported from Indonesia and Australia, a local newspaper said on Wednesday.

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Vietnam will produce the first alumina from a bauxite complex in the Central Highlands in September after months of delays caused by adverse weather, power shortages and slow equipment delivery, the official Vietnam News Agency reported on Wednesday.

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