News Korean firm wants to build huge eco-tourism resort in Vietnam South Korean construction firm Daewon plans to develop a 280ha eco-tourism and golf resort in the Forest of Hue in central Vietnam. The scheme is awaiting approvals from the government…
News China’s first fast train service to Vietnam opens The first medium-speed rail link to China’s border with Vietnam entered service last week, cutting travel time between two coastal cities from an hour to 19 minutes, according to the…
News China, Vietnam eye upgrade to colonial rail link China and Vietnam are in talks about modernising the 855km colonial-era railway between Kunming in southern China’s Yunnan Province and Vietnam’s port city of Haiphong. The two sides are preparing…
News Vietnam set to greenlight $2.2bn casino for domestic gamblers Vietnam’s Planning ministry is considering plans to build a $2.2bn resort in the celebrated tourist attraction of Van Don in the northern province of Quang Ninh, local news sites report. …
News 22 jailed in Vietnam over defective $1.4bn expressway A court in Vietnam has sentenced 22 people to prison terms of up to six years for malpractice and negligence in building a major expressway. It also fined five contractors…
News China Communications looks to invest in Vietnam’s $60bn railway China Communications (CCCC) has offered to invest in several infrastructure projects in Vietnam, including the country’s high-speed North-South Railway, news website VNExpress reports. The proposal was made by Bai Yinzhan,…
News World Bank debars Vietnamese contractor over ‘misleading statements’ The World Bank has debarred a Vietnamese construction firm from bidding for World Bank-funded contracts for the next 41 months. The bank’s action against HTC Construction and Advanced Technology (HTC)…
News Foster + Partners’ bank towers completed in Vietnam UK-headquartered architect Foster + Partners says it has completed two towers for Vietnam’s Techcombank. Similar in design, one is a 22-storey headquarters for the bank in Hanoi and the other…
News Vietnam’s construction boom “poses existential threat to Mekong Delta” The Mekong Delta in Vietnam may run out of sand by 2035 as the country’s building boom and the installation of up-river hydroelectric schemes put the region’s ecosystems at risk.…
News Vietnam chooses contractors for $16bn Long Thanh Airport The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) has chosen the Vietur consortium led by Turkish contractor IC Içtas to build the $1.5bn terminal for Long Thanh International Airport, website VNExpress reports. …
News Vietnam’s biggest shopping mall opens South Korea’s Lotte Group today conducted a limited opening of Westlake Hanoi Mall, the biggest in Vietnam, ahead of the official inauguration on 22 September, website Pulse News reports. The…
News Vietnamese electric car maker to start $4bn US plant this month Vietnamese car maker VinFast says it will break ground on its $4bn electric vehicle factory in North Carolina on 28 July. VinFast is a subsidiary of construction, technology, and property…
News Vietnam begins work on $1.9bn motorway across Mekong Delta Vietnam has held a ceremony to mark the beginning of construction work on a 188km expressway across the Mekong Delta in the south of the country, Vietnamnet reports. The motorway…
News China Road and Bridge begins work on $1.6bn Cambodian link to Ho Chi Minh City Construction began this week on the Cambodian side of a tolled motorway that will eventually link Phnom Penh with Ho Chi Minh City, China’s People’s Daily reports. The Cambodian…
News Hanoi mulls construction of second airport Vietnam’s Ministry of Transport is considering plans to build a second airport in Hanoi to accommodate an expected increase in population from 5 million to between 21 and 23 million…
News After two-year delay, Vietnam approves $135bn power plan Vietnam has approved a scheme to prevent a looming power shortage and meet net-zero goals with a $135bn investment package that will favour renewables and gas power rather than coal,…
News Cambodia plans motorway from Phnom Penh to Vietnam Cambodia’ transport minister Sun Chanthol said work on a $1.6bn motorway running from the capital Phnom Penh southeast to the border with Vietnam will start in June next year, Xinhua…
News US team starts building $1.2bn Hanoi embassy The US State Department has broken ground on a US embassy building in Vietnam. The ceremony was held in Hanoi, and attended by Secretary of State Antony Blinken, as well…