Washington DC (VNA) – The US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) will remain a reliable partner of Vietnam, affirmed USABC President and CEO Alexander C. Feldman at his working session with Minister-Chairman of the Vietnamese Government Office Mai Tien Dung in Washington DC on April 11 (local time). Feldman said he is interested in Vietnam’s role as […]

Mine and Energy Minister Suy Sem today requested the Vietnamese government supply more electricity to help address a current shortage in the Kingdom. A ministry press release said that Mr Sem today discussed the matter at the ministry with Le Bien Cuong, commercial counsellor at the Vietnamese embassy. “His Excellency Suy Sem asked the Vietnamese […]

Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung and Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Cora van Nieuwenhuizen agreed at their meeting in Hanoi on April 9 to tighten joint work to design and implement suitable policies and measures to cope with climate change. The Vietnamese Government official welcomed his guest to Vietnam, […]

Turkey-based 232MW rental power ship ‘Kaya Bey’ docked at Karachi Port Trust (KPT) in 2010. RIZWAN TABASSUM/AFP Cambodia succeeded in negotiations to lease a 200MW Turkish power ship to meet electricity demands in Phnom Penh, amid a nearly 400MW electricity shortage nationwide, Prime Minister Hun Sen said on Friday. Speaking at the 18th Government-Private Sector […]

HOUSTON, Texas – The United States (US) government is offering help to countries in the Southeast Asian region – primarily those wanting to extract oil and gas resources within their exclusive economic zones but investment flows are being impeded by diplomatic skirmish with Asian super power China. In his keynote address at the CERAWeek here, […]

State-owned Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (Petrovietnam) and Malaysian state-owned Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) announced Monday they’ve signed a framework agreement for gas supply, Kallanish Energy reports. Petrovietnam will buy more gas from Petronas and “other Malaysian gas sources,” an official statement reads. The feedstock will be transported to the Ca Mau Gas-Power-Fertilizer Complex, a complex […]

TAGUIG CITY, Mar. 16 — The Philippines is slated to hold two important regional energy industry conferences for the next two years. Led by the Department of Energy (DOE) in cooperation with the Department of Tourism and other local energy industry stakeholders, the country will host two biennial events of the Association of Electricity Supply […]

The forum took place in South Africa’s capital Pretoria on March 14 and 15 under the co-chair of Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Cuong and South African Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Reginah Mhaule. At the forum, Vietnamese and South African ministries and sectors reviewed bilateral cooperation since their third meeting, which […]

SINGAPORE and Vietnam will explore collaborations in smart cities and energy, as well as Industry 4.0 and start-ups, with both countries’ ministers discussing possibilities at the 14th Singapore Vietnam Connectivity Ministerial Meeting in Singapore on March 13. Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing co-chaired the meeting with Vietnam’s Minister of Planning and […]

Jakarta (ANTARA) – The Indonesian Government has welcomed cooperation between Oman’s Overseas Oil and Gas (OOG) and Indonesian state oil and gas company PT Pertamina to build a new oil refinery in Bontang, East Kalimantan, with an investment worth US$10 billion. Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno LP Marsudi and her visiting Oman counterpart, Yusuf bin […]