Energy efficiency important as VN power needs grow with economy: conference
HCM CITY — To meet its growing demand for energy, Việt Nam, besides exploiting new energy sources, particularly clean energy, needs to further improve energy saving and efficiency, a conference heard in HCM City yesterday. Speaking at the conference titled Development of Energy Efficiency Projects, Nguyễn Thị Lam Giang, director general of the Department of […]
Vietnam, US establish comprehensive energy cooperation partnership
Washington (VNA) – Vietnam and the US have set up a comprehensive energy cooperation partnership under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed in Washington on September 30. The document was inked by representatives of the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) and the US Department of State during a working trip to the US from September […]
Q&A: How Vietnam went from Zero to Hero in Developing Solar Projects and What Other Countries Can Do for Climate Change
UNITED NATIONS, Sep 27 2019 (IPS) – A week ago, downtown New York witnessed one of the most historic moments in the climate action moment — hundreds of thousands of people attended the Climate Strike, where teen activists delivered powerful speeches and blows to world leaders for not taking climate change seriously. Dr. Frank Rijsberman Director-General […]
ADB funds first large-scale floating solar project in Vietnam
NDO – The Asia Development Bank (ADB) will provideDa Nhim – Ham Thuan – Da Mi Hydro Power JSC (DHD) a loan of US$37 million to install a 47.5MW peak floating photovoltaic (PV) solar power facility on the reservoir of DHD’s existing 175 MW Da Mi hydropower plant, following a signing ceremony in Hanoi on […]
Vietnam approves 2.2GW gas power plant development
The Government of Vietnam has granted approval to global power company AES for the development of a new 2.2GW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant. The new Son My 2 plant will be developed in the south-central province of Binh Thuan, Vietnam. AES president and CEO Andrés Gluski said: “AES is committed to the […]
Vietnam is in Extreme Danger Due to Climate Change
Vietnam’s Mekong Delta is an area that is extremely vulnerable to climate change. Residents are being forced to move after their houses are flooded and collapse into the Delta. Vietnam is just one example of forced human displacement due to climate change. Scientists estimate that sea levels could rise 5 or 6 feet by 2100. The recent IPCC climate report on […]
Vietnam’s PV Drilling leases oil rig to Brunei Shell
HANOI: PetroVietnam Drilling & Well Services Corp, or PV Drilling, said on Monday it had won a contract to lease an oil rig to Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd (BSP) for drilling in Brunei. Under the contract, PV Drilling will lease the semi-submersible self-erecting tender assist drilling rig, PV Drilling V, to BSP for six years from April 2021, […]
Power Development Master Plan 8 focuses on renewable energy
Nguyễn Mạnh Cường, an official from the Institute of Energy’s Department of Electrical System Development under the Ministry of Industry and Trade, spoke with Vietnam News Agency about the implementation of the national power development master plan in 2021-2030 (or Power Development Master Plan 8). Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc has assigned the Ministry of […]
