Vietnam Coalition for Climate Action makes debut
NDO – The Vietnam Coalition for Climate Action (VCCA) made its debut at a ceremony held in Hue city on August 21 by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) – Vietnam and the Green Innovation and Development Centre (GreenID). The ceremony was attended by around 100 delegates representing departments, sectors, businesses, universities, and research […]
Deputy PM: Việt Nam encourages renewable energy development
HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Trịnh Đình Dũng has stated the Vietnamese Government always encourages the development and effective use of renewable energy, towards sustainable socio-economic development. During a reception in Hà Nội on Thursday for General Director of Norway’s Scatec Solar company Raymond Carlsen, Deputy PM Dũng said the country needs an estimated 90,000MW […]
Experts call for allowing private capital in power grid construction
HCM City (VNS/VNA) – With power transmission lines and sub-stations getting overloaded in some provinces, authorities and experts have urged the Government to allow renewable energy investors to install transmission systems and transfer them to the Vietnam Electricity (EVN) for operation. Transmission lines, especially in Ninh Thuan and Binh Thuan provinces, have become overloaded after several […]
National Energy Efficiency Programme (VNEEP) for the period of 2019 – 2030
Vietnam mulls importing U.S. coal for power generation
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam is considering importing coal from the United States to meet rising demand for the fuel for power generation, state media reported on Tuesday, as the Southeast Asian country plans to build more coal-fired power plants. Vietnam is also seeking to import more U.S. goods to help narrow its trade surplus with […]
Germany assists Vietnamese households in developing solar power
Hanoi (VNA) – Households in Vietnam which install rooftop solar power systems by 2021 will receive a maximum of 6 million VND (256 USD) each from the German Government through the German development bank KfW. This is part of the 14.5-million-EUR renewable energy development project jointly carried out by the Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade […]
Foreign interest in Việt Nam’s LNG sector remains high
HÀ NỘI Foreign investors are diving into developing liquefied natural gas (LNG) and gas-fired power projects in Việt Nam, in part due to country’s growing demand for electricity. Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) became the latest player this week after it entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Energy Capital Vietnam (ECV) that provides a framework for […]
Vietnam’s solar drive
Vietnam has witnessed a huge rush in solar PV projects development as the validity of attractive feed-in-tariff (FIT) rates ended on 30 June 2019. According to the Vietnam Electricity Group (EVN) as of 30 June, a total of 82 solar power plants with a cumulative capacity of 4.46GW had been connected to the national grid. Because […]
