Viet Nam News Economy Ministry approves 10 per cent to power bills cut
Businesses and households will enjoy a 10 per cent cut to their power bills in the next three months to ease the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic
Vietnam warns of refinery closures amid demand slump
State-owned PetroVietnam warned domestic refineries are at risk of shutting down amid swelling inventories, the collapse in oil prices and an unprecedented drop in transportation fuel demand amid measures to curb the Covid-19 outbreak.
Vietnam has high petroleum stockpile
Vietnam’s oil and gas inventories are over 90 percent higher than the required level, meeting the domestic petroleum consumption demand in the next few months, according to the Vietnam Energy Association (VEA).
Is Vietnam becoming more and more addicted to coal?
While the world is fleeing from coal, Vietnam is becoming increasingly addicted to coal, according to Nguyen Dang Anh Thi, an energy and enviornment expert.
Vietnam’s trade ministry heeds calls to extend wind power tariff policy, submits proposal to government
Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) on Friday proposed to the country’s central government to extend the deadline for its feed-in tariff scheme by two years, from the original cut-off date in November 2021 to the end of 2023, according to a source close to the Vietnamese government.
Photovoltaic application in aquaculture to be piloted in Mekong Delta
The German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) has signed a collaboration agreement with partners in Vietnam’s public and private sectors concerning the implementation of a project on combining aquaculture and solar photovoltaics in the Mekong Delta region.
Blackstone Minerals and Korean cathode supplier in Vietnam nickel processing alliance
Blackstone Minerals (ASX: BSX) will get a A$6.8 million injection from South Korea’s largest nickel-rich cathode materials manufacturer EcoPro as the two companies agree to work together to develop a downstream nickel processing plant in northern Vietnam.
In bittersweet move, Vietnam approves second feed-in-tariff scheme for solar
Vietnam has signed off its much-anticipated solar support scheme, bringing developers bittersweet relief amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, solar’s future in the country hinges on Hanoi’s next move.
