VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam lacks capital to build power plants and has called for foreign investment, which analysts say is not the best solution.

VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam plans to develop 20 power plants that will operate on rice husks.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Discussions have recently raged over the incentives offered to Formosa Plastics Group’s $10 billion steel and Son Duong deep-water seaport complex in the central province of Ha Tinh.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Local authorities and residents living nearby hydro-electricity power dams in the Central region are bemoaning the negative impacts on their livelihood as power plants are failing to comply with their contractual commitments.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The first thermal power plant project using rice husks in Vietnam is expected to begin in late December, in an area of 9 hectares in the town of Long My, Hau Giang province, with a total investment of approximately $31 million.

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 VietNamNet Bridge – The four-month-old Mao Khe Thermal Power Plant in northern Quang Ninh Province's Dong Trieu District is said to be polluting the environment.

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