Vietnam’s renewable energy sources not fully tapped: Experts

The potential of renewable energy sources, especially wind and solar power, is one of the keys to Việt Nam’s energy transformation towards carbon neutrality, but barriers stemming from the unresponsive transmission network and pricing mechanism is wasting the capacity of billions of kWh of electricity, according to experts. According to preliminary surveys and assessments, Việt […]
New buses to be powered by electricity, green energy from 2025

Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam hopes 100% of new buses will use electricity or green energy from 2025, which is part of the transport sector’s action plan on green energy transition to reduce carbon and methane emissions
Vietnam says AES Corp intends to develop $13 billion wind farm

HANOI, July 29 (Reuters) – U.S.-based energy utility AES Corp (AES.N) plans to develop a major offshore wind farm in Vietnam, the Southeast Asian country said on Friday, that could potentially double the country’s wind power capacity.
Vietnam to restrict manufacture and import of fossil fuel vehicles from 2040; green energy required by 2050

Vietnam will begin imposing restrictions on the import and manufacture of vehicles that run on fossil fuels from 2040 according to the country’s government programme on energy transition, VN Express reported. The Vietnam government’s energy transition programme outlined targets for the reduction of carbon and methane emissions from the transport sector, aimed at making it a zero-emissions […]
Russia’s Renewable Energy Investment in Vietnam: New Projects Underway
Russia was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam, laying the groundwork for strong bilateral and economic relations between the countries. As of early 2022, Russia ranked 24th among foreign investors pouring funds into Vietnam with the energy sector being the main focus of the major investment.
NovaWind and An Xuan Energy to develop wind farm in Vietnam
NovaWind, the wind power division of Russian energy company Rosatom, has signed a cooperation agreement with An Xuan Energy to develop a 128MW wind farm in Vietnam.
HDF Energy signed a MoU with Saigon Asset Management to jointly develop Renewstable(R) power plants in Vietnam
Hanoi, 25 July 2022 – Hydrogène de France SA (“HDF Energy”) – Euronext Paris: HDF – today announces the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Saigon Asset Management (“SAM”) for the development of Renewstable® power plant projects in Vietnam. Invented and developed by HDF Energy, Renewstable® multi-megawatt power plants produce entirely renewable, stable and […]
Development of offshore wind energy in Vietnam

Vietnamese and foreign representatives discussed today during a consultation meeting organized in Hanoi, virtually and in person, the experiences to promote the potential of offshore wind energy in the country.