Archive for June, 2009
Workshop: Sustainable Public Procurement Preparedness Assessment
GreenField and IISD have launched the final workshop to present the result of the study “Sustainable Public Procurement Preparedness Assessment - Case study in timber industry in Vietnam”
The study has included a preliminary assessment of Vietnams’ SPP preparedness as well as formal interviews with government, private sector and international stakeholders.
In conducting this assessment, Vietnam joins the growing list of emerging economies, including China, India, South Africa, Chile, Mexico, Costa Rica, Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia, who are developing SPP policies to stimulate markets and national capacities on environmental goods and services.
The backdrop to this project is the memorandum on understanding between MARD and the Governments of The Netherlands, Switzerland and Finland on sustainable forestry and the Vietnam Trust Fund or Forests. Sustainable public procurement drugs without prescription online is one of the action areas included herein.
Venue: 10 brand cialis generic vs brand name cialis Nguyen Cong Hoan
Organizer: MARD, IISD, GreenField
Download the report and presentation here: spp-findings-eng, spp-finding-vn
Water quality specialist - Mong Duong 1 thermal power plant
Project: The Mong Duong Coal Power Complex project (2,000 — 2,200 MW) to be developed and implemented in Viet Nam consists of two (02) phases. Phase prescription drugs without a prescription online 1 will comprise of 1,000 MW Mong Duong 1 Thermal Power Plant invested by VietNam Electricity (EVN), financed by a loan from the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB’s) ordinary capital resources (OCR) and through EVN self-financing. Phase 2 (Mona Duong 2) with about 1,000 — 1,200 MW of power output will be financed through a BOT agreement.
Position: National Water quality specialist
The consultant will have relevant academic qualification and at least 10 years experiences in desinging and implementing online cialis surface water and ground water quality monitoring programes. He/she should be capable of communicating in English. Previous experience in environmental monitoring for thermal power plan is desireable.
Taks
- Develope detailed environmental monitoring programe for surface and groundwater quality based on Project EMP requirements.
- Liaise with DONRE or other water quality analysis laboratories hired by TPPMU1 to carry out sampling and analysis on quarterly basis.
- Report results including disscussion of unexpected result and recommendation for corrective action as required.
Please send your CV to: hr@gfd.com.vn
Application deadline: dose cialis 25 Sep. 2009
FOMIS - Development of Management Information Systems for the Forestry Sector
The consortium lead by NIRAS in association with GFA has been awarded the contract to implement the FOMIS project. Green Field will be the sub-contractor for this project and will provide local forest ICT expertise to help ensure the successful operation of the project by providing support in design and implementation of FOMIS.
This Euro 4 million project funded by Finnish Government, TFF and MARD aiming at making more accurate information available for forestry decision making. According to the Vietnam Forestry Development Strategy (VFDS) this means planning and monitoring solutions that contain information on forest resource, forestry activities and their socio-economic impacts. Possible solutions include e.g. forest inventory, forest management planning, activity monitoring cialis generic brand prescription drugs and impact monitoring. The project contains the following main activities:
- Establish regulations and procedures for managing, cheap cialis brand name updating, and sharing of information between forestry units as basis for operations and for linking of forestry information systems
- Carry out design and establishment of forestry information systems databases and software;
- Conduct training needs assessment, preparation of training materials, and data collection and ICT training courses in the selected provinces and at the central level;
- Provide equipments (hardware, network, data collection equipment) and software.
The FOMIS project will start in June 2009 and ended by June 2011.
Cavico Subsidiary Receives Investment Certificate for the Lam Dong Wind Power Plant
Cavico had earlier announced that it planned to actively pursue wind energy projects. The receipt of the investment certificate is the final legal documentation required for the Company to develop a wind power plant as a builder-owner-operator (BOO). Lam Dong’s People Committee also approved the plant’s location at which Cavico has conducted feasibility studies and measured the available wind power. Cavico expects the entire process of completing construction work and commencing operations to take three years. From now through the end of 2010, the Company plans to meet with potential co-investors, select a CDM partner (Clean Development Mechanism, a Kyoto Protocol mechanism to assist industrialized countries reducing their greenhouse gas emissions), determine engineering and technological requirements, and negotiate the electricity selling price with the Vietnamese government. Upon finalizing these details, Cavico will begin construction work, import the required equipment, and install the wind turbines.
In the first phase of the project, Cavico plans to construct a 30 megawatt (MW) windpower plant which upon completion will be connected to the national grid. According to the results from studies by the Company’s consultant firm, PECC 3 (Power Engineering Consulting Company 3) the plant may be expanded to 100-300 megawatt. Cavico expects the plant will use 350 hectares of land of which 10.8 hectares will be permanently occupied. A total of 339.2 hectares of land will be impacted by this plant. Cavico projects that total capital investment on this project will be approximately $56.6 million. The Company plans to invest equity of $11.4 million, about 20% buy online drugs of the total capital investment, in the project and finance the remaining amount with debt.
“We are happy to report the successful receipt of the investment certificate for the wind power plant. Results from our preliminary studies show that there is a huge potential for wind cialis dosage 40 mg power in the Lam Dong province,” commented Mr. Thanh Vu Tran, President of Cavico Transportation. “The Vietnamese government has an increased focus on clean energy projects. We have received increased amount of support and encouragement from the Lam Dong’s People Committee and local government. We have also received a lot of interest from investors and financing groups. We strongly believe that the wind power plant will contribute significantly in easing the electricity shortage problems in Vietnam.”
Cavico Corp. is focused on large infrastructure projects, which include the construction of hydropower facilities, dams, bridges, tunnels, roads, mines and urban buildings. Cavico is also making investments in hydropower facilities, cement production plants and urban developments in Vietnam. The company employs more than 3000 employees on projects worldwide, with offices throughout Vietnam and a satellite office in Australia.
Founded in 2000, Cavico is a major infrastructure construction, infrastructure investment and natural resources conglomerate headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam. Cavico is highly respected for its core competency in the construction of mission-critical infrastructure including hydroelectric plants, highways, bridges, tunnels, ports and urban community developments. One of the Company’s primary competitive advantages is its ability to nurture a project “from concept through completion” with a vertical portfolio of interrelated investment, permitting, design, construction management and facility maintenance services. Cavico’s project partners include top multi-national corporations and government organizations. The Company employs more than 3,000 full-time, part-time, and seasonal workers. For more information, visit http://www.cavicocorp.com. Information on the Company’s Web site or any other Web site does not constitute a portion of this release
Greenhouse gas emission reduction scenario for forest sector and land use change in Vietnam in the period 2000-2030
GreenField has been assigned by buying prescription drugs online without a prescription target=”_blank”>MONRE to 36 hour cialis implement the project “Greenhouse gas emission reduction scenario for forest sector and land use change in Vietnam in the period 2000-2030″. This project is to support MONRE to prepare for the “2nd National statement for the UN Framework Convention on climate change cialis sale (UNFCCC)”. This research project cover following activities:
- Data collection: social economics data, land use change and forest cover change
- Development of emission scenarios in forestry sector and land use change
- Development of 7 emission reduction scenarios in Vietnam using COMAP model for the period 2000-2030
- Cost estimation of greenhouse gas emission reduction for 7 scenarios in Vietnam
Prof. Hoang Xuan Ty will be the principal investigator for this project.