Vietnam - one of the fastest growing nations in Asia with more than 6% annual economic growth for the past 25 years has successfully increase its electrification rate from 54% to 98% since 1990; connecting some 55m people. It is one of the country’s priorities in providing secure and affordable supply of energy to all of the society participant and economic sectors at the same time, attract the capital required to expand infrastructure, securing...

The Swiss Traditional Dinner, our featured event, will take place on March 15th 2019, which represents a perfect opportunity for business people working with Switzerland to gather and network in a typical Swiss atmosphere.

Disruption succeeds by exploiting Latin America’s economic weaknesses. Statistically low unemployment in Latin America belies the 20-30 percent under-employment of the workforce. Rigid and costly labor laws force up to 50 percent of employers to operate informally, denying their staff legislated benefits. Unsurprisingly, gig-economy business models that offer flexible employment are met with enthusiasm.

CGA Monthly Bulletin - Chinese New Year Edition (Jan - Feb 2019)

The Italian Government has announced that they are working on legislation that will be in place by 29 March – the official Brexit date – in the event of no deal and confirmed that British citizens regularly residing in Italy will remain legal residents of the country also in this circumstance.

The US and China agreeing to extend their trade talks in Beijing for an extra day cheered Chinese stocks, which in turn is good news for Naspers investors. The top 40’s largest constituent, Naspers, tends to track its main asset, Tencent, which was 2.5% higher at HK$323.40 in Hong Kong ahead of the JSE’s opening on Wednesday morning.

Improvement of 193 km of Highway 5, with expansion of capacity (third lanes) in the areas around the cities of Talca and Chillán and a bypass for Talca. Important repair of existing surfacing, corrections to route to increase speed of traffic flow, new bridges and segments of service roads, improvement of eastwest access through flyovers and new roads. Includes the incorporation of electronic toll collection (free-flow).

Expansion to two lanes in each direction of Road 199-CH in the Freire-Villarrica segment, with a length of 48.3 km, continuing with a new 37.3-km road that starts as a bypass around the southwest of the city of Villarrica, goes on to Pucón by a road parallel to the current one which runs alongside the lake and connects with Road 199-CH to the east of Pucón, near the western end of its aerodrome.

Improvement of a segment of Highway 5 South, with expansion to third lanes at specific points, repair of existing surfacing, corrections to route, replacement of old bridges and some segments of service roads. Also includes improvement of northern and southern access roads to the city of Valdivia and the expansion of specific roads to two lanes in each direction. Includes the incorporation of electronic toll collection (free-flow).

Located in the Ñuble Region, this project consists of a concrete face rockfill dam (CFRD), with a concrete slurry wall on its upstream side. Height of wall: 85 m; length of upper edge: 430 m; area flooded: 424 ha; area of irrigation: 10,000 ha.