Swiss group opens rice machinery plant
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Switzerland’s Buhler Group opened a factory to manufacture rice-processing machinery at the Long Hau-Hoa Binh Industrial Park in Long An province, Vietnam, last week.
The 10,000-square-metre factory employs more than 200 workers.
Vietnamese milled-rice production is expected to hit 50 million tonnes this year, with more than 5,000 processors operating in the country, making it the fourth-largest rice-producing country in the world, according to Buhler’s figures.
The new factory is expected to help rice processors make products of higher quality that meet export standards, strengthening Vietnam’s position in the international market and enabling it to face competition from Thai and Cambodian rice producers, Buhler said in a press release.
Demand for rice-processing solutions that enable processors to improve their rice quality to meet export requirements while enhancing food safety and quality standards for domestic consumption has never been greater, said Rustom Mistry, chairman and managing director of Buhler Vietnam. –Viet Nam News
Developer set to install
railway corridor posts
Giant Rail Company on Friday signed a contract with a Laotian company to install railway-route corridor posts for a planned line linking the country’s central province of Savannakhet to the Vietnamese border.
The move is one step closer to the start of construction of the 220-kilometre railway to be built by Malaysian investor Giant Consolidated Ltd, which is |expected to cost US$5.5 billion |to $6 billion.
The installation of corridor posts along the proposed railway, which includes 11 mixed-development zones on 4,100 hectares |of land along the route in Savannakhet, is expected to |be completed within three |months from the beginning |of October.
Speaking during the signing |ceremony, Malaysian Ambassador Than Tai Hing, who is to |complete his mission in Laos in coming months, said this |project had the full support of the government of Malaysia.
He said he hoped to see physical construction of the project begin soon. – Vientiane Times
Borgward delivers
car for sale in Laos
German automaker Borgward Group on Friday launched the Borgward BX7 at the “Vientiane International Motor Expo”, with Laos the first Asean country to have the new vehicle.
The company plans to expand sales of the sport-utility vehicle throughout Laos in 2018, with a focus on the main provinces, and is targeting the middle- and upper-income group of customers.
The company is offering the SUV at a special price during the promotion period and many |customers have already |made bookings, it says. |– Vientiane Times
