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Binh Thuan limits wind power projects due to titanium

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 12/06/2009

Trung Luong-My Thuan expressway set to work

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009

Present at the ground-breaking ceremony were Minister of Public Security, Le Hong Anh, and ranking officials from relevant ministries and departments and leaders from the southwestern region.The project is part of the North-South expressway and plays an important role in connecting and promoting socio-economic developments between the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City.The Trung Luong-My Thuan...

The Spiritual Journey of Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan

Let's Get It Right (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009

"A witness of the cross in the long years of imprisonment in Vietnam, he has frequently recounted the realities and episodes from his sufferings in prison, thus reinforcing us in the consoling certainty that when everything crumbles around us, and perhaps even within us, Christ remains our unfailing support." Pope John Paul II Speaking about Cardinal Nguyen Van Thuan Salt and Light...

Nuclear energy project in Ninh Thuan could push Vietnam into debt trap

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

... because of the tardiness of investment projects.Regarding the nuclear energy project in Ninh Thuan province, if the investment cost is $4,800-5,000 per kWh, total initial estimation will jump to $19-20 billion. If the plant is increased to 8,000 MW by 2025, total estimation could be $38-40 billion excluding other derivative items.Meanwhile, Vietnam's foreign debts account for 30-33 percent...

Ninh Thuan Province Yearns For Development

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009

Both groups will hammer out the comprehensive socioeconomic zoning plan for Ninh Thuan in 2010-2020, with a vision on 2030. The focus of this endeavor is to develop Phan Rang-Thap Cham City and the coastal area of the province. Ninh Thuan, one of Vietnam’s four poorest provinces, is among the first localities to receive the Prime Minister’s approval regarding foreign consultancy for development...

VND200 trillion needed for nuclear power plants

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009

The legislators, however, said they would likely revise the invested capital as the plants require the most advanced technologies to ensure safety and economic gain. They suggested using the most modern reactor while the Government had planned to use the advanced light water reactor, which has been widely used in Japan, a nation with a strong nuclear power industry.Ninh Thuan 1 and Ninh Thuan...

Vietnamese congress approves nuclear project

World Nuclear News (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009

... passed concerning the building of two nuclear power plants in the south central province of Ninh Thuan and a hydroelectric plant in the north western Lai Chau province. The National Assembly's own report of the day's activities said that investment policies for both projects had been passed with majority approval. Reports posted on other official websites suggest a majority of 77%. According...

Bus crash kills two in Vietnam

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

Hanoi - Two people were killed and 15 injured when two buses collided on the main national highway in southern Vietnam's Ninh Thuan province, a traffic policeman said Thursday. Officer Pham Van Bay of the Ninh Thuan provincial traffic police said a b...

Energy security challenge-wind power and difficult start

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009

According to World Bank, many provinces nationwide receive resources to generate wind power plants. From southern Binh Thuan to Ninh Thuan's Thuan Bac Dist (bordering Khanh Hoa province's Cam Ranh) are ideal locations to install wind power turbines. In these areas, the wind speed reaches over seven metres per second (m/s) and there are 60-100 metre high sand hills compared sea...

Vietnam made leather shoes return to EU

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

... producer for export to EU, director of HCM City based Hiep An Shoes Joint Stock Co, Nguyen Duy Thuan said that the volume of orders could jump by 30-40 percent from the current figure because from being imposed with the antidumping tariff of 10 percent three years ago, we lost too many customers.Hiep An JSC's export turnover attains about $3.2 million a year, in which that of upper-leather...

Vietnam nuclear plants to be approved despite concerns

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

"It is not worth building nuclear power plants at this time, because the country is not thoroughly prepared for the project of building them," said Nguyen Minh Thuyet, vice chairman of the National Assembly's Committee for Culture, Education and Youth.The government estimates the power plants slated for the southern coastal province of Ninh Thuan would cost 12 billion dollars. It said 75 per...

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Vietnam nuclear plants to be approved despite concerns

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009

... Youth. The government estimates the power plants slated for the southern coastal province of Ninh Thuan would cost 12 billion dollars. It said 75 per cent of the funding would come from foreign loans. By 2025, the government expects 4.4 per cent of the country's electricity to come from nuclear power. Thuyet said the cost of the plants amounted to half the country's foreign reserves, and...

Vietnam’s future looks nuclear

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009

Participants were told that supplies of oil and gas were expected to run out in 10 years - and water supplies for hydro power were fully utilised.The conference centred around the planned Ninh Thuan nuclear power project and the Lai Chau hydro power project.It focused on the relocation of villagers whose homes will be inundated, infrastructure work, and safety and environmental issues.Participants...

Seminar discusses nation’s two large power projects

Vietnam Business Finance (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009

... and Dien Bien, ensuring security and defence in the northewestern region.Talking about the Ninh Thuan Nuclear Power Project, the participants emphasised the necessity for building the plant, saying it will help east the country’s electricity shortage.According to the EVN, Vietnam’s demand for energy is forecast to sharply increase in the coming time. Therefore, a combination of the economical...

Four men killed trying to saw open old bomb in Vietnam

The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009

Hanoi - Four men were killed in the province of Tay Ninh while trying to remove the explosives from a Vietnam War-era bomb for use in fishing, a local policeman said Wednesday. The men, two pairs of brothers in their mid-20s, were attempting to cut open the bomb when it exploded, said Phan Anh Tuan, deputy police chief of the commune of Hung Thuan, where the men lived. Tuan said the men's bodies...