Vietnam

Constrution has started for the Cong Thanh coal-fueled power plant at the Industrial Park No. 2, Nghi Son Economic Zone, in Thanh Hoa. It has an investment capital of US$619 million.

Song Da Corporation started constructing the Xekaman 1 hydropower plant in Laos.

An Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract has been signed to build Thai Binh Thermo Power Plant No 2 at My Loc commune, Thai Thuy district. The two parties involved were PetroVietnam Power Corporation and the PetroVietnam Construction JSC.

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry conducted a meeting on energy cooperation with Vietnamese officials  in Tokyo.

AES has closed two deals to ensure financing for a 1,200 megawatt MW thermoelectric power plant project in Vietnam.

Vinacomin will withdraw from the Mong Duong 2 electricity project to invest in other major thermal power projects.

Posco Power signed a deal with AES Corp. of the U.S. to join a Vietnamese power plant project.

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. will provide 4.2 billion yen in loans for a Vietnamese hydroelectric power plant. This was reported by the  Nikkei newspaper.

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved an increase in power price by 15.28 percent for this year.

Vietnam handed over the Sekaman hydropower project No. 1 to Laos for a duration of 30 years.

TEPCO concluded a trustee agreement with Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry to produce a master plan for a power supply project in Vietnam, as announced on October 4, 2010.

 

First Solar has received a licence to construct a thin-film solar panel plant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

The rotor of turbine 2 at the Son La hydropower plant has been installed.

First Solar Technology Group is seeking investment opportunities for building a factory in HCM City with expected capital of $1.2 billion.

Cambodia Prime Minister Hun Sen appealed to Chinese firms to invest in transmission lines to connect Stung Tatay and other dams to the power grid in Koh Kong province.