October 15, 2011
Unprecedented move against Chinese contractor not easy, but ‘wise’, local firm says Vietnam’s state-owned Construction Corporation No.1 has decided to end its contract with a Chinese supplier due to poor performance at a major hydropower project in the Central Highlands. Beijing IWHR Corporation was terminated from the contract to supply and install the main [...]
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August 18, 2011
A Chinese contractor at a fertilizer factory in the northern city of Hai Phong has been fined US$6 million for violating its $172 million contract. Â The Vietnam National Chemical Group (Vinachem) factory investor, DAP, Ltd., said that the Chinese contractor EPC had agreed to pay the fine. Â According to DAP, the contractor [...]
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August 14, 2011
Newly elected President Truong Tan Sang on Wednesday asked Vietnamese authorities and employers must better manage the country’s foreign workforce. Sang made the statement during a meeting with voters in Ho Chi Minh City after constituents in HCMC’s districts 1 and 3 voiced concerns over the increasing number of unlicensed Chinese workers in several [...]
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July 24, 2011
Drunken workers die refusing to abide by safety standards; contractors flout regulations and pay off families and officials to stay quiet Two workers walk along a sky-scraping crane without a safety strap at a construction site in Ho Chi Minh City’s District 1 Bui Van Vinh is lucky to be alive. Last month, the [...]
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April 9, 2011
Authorities determined to halt sloppy road construction send a strong message to road builders The road construction site along National Road 51 connecting Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Dong Nai provinces. Police in Dong Nai Province’s Long Thanh District have arrested two officials of Licogi 9.2, the road construction company, for careless construction practices which [...]
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February 6, 2010
The investor and contractor of a building construction project in Ho Chi Minh City have been fined a surprisingly low VND60 million (US$3,250) in total for causing the collapse of ten houses last week. According to inspectors of the city Transport Department, the fines werenât the highest because the investor Saigon M&C Real Estate Joint-stock [...]
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January 25, 2010
Burning joss paper at Huong Pagoda in Hanoi. Experts and Buddhist monks say a Chinese custom of burning joss paper to venerate ancestors should be stopped because it is wasteful and superstitious. Luxury villas, horses, fancy clothes, expensive imported cars and cell phones.There is nothing too good when it comes to ensuring your loved ones [...]
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December 25, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Vietnam’s first oil refinery Dung Quat began reducing its capacity at 12am on December 22 ahed of a total closure to fix technical errors before its hand over. During the three weeks of closure, the Technip contractor group and related sub-contractor will deal with around 100 technical issues. Nguyen Hoai Giang, general director [...]
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December 10, 2009
LookAtVietnam – In Vietnam’s development strategy, heavy machinery building has been highlighted as a key industry. However, experts warn that this goal may be elusive. The big projects all fall to foreign contractors A big reason behind the trade deficit, easily seen in Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) and Vietnam Association of Mechanical Industry (VAMI) [...]
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October 16, 2009
LookAtVietnam – Low cost will not be the only factor Vietnam will consider when selecting contractors for its first nuclear power plant. Ta Van Huong, Energy Department Director under the Ministry of Industry and TradeVietNamNet: Nuclear power production cost has increased sharply. Do you think that this will affect the efficiency of the project? Ta Van [...]
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