Two new solar power plants built in southern province
Dau Tieng 5.1 and Dau Tieng 5.2 solar power plants are expected to start construction in Q2, with an investment of VND3.56 trillion ($157 million). With a capacity of 225 MW each, the two power plants will cover 332.5 hectares at Dau Tieng Lake in the southern province of Tay Ninh. Construction is expected to […]
Vietnam calls for int’l support to realise energy commitment at COP26
Vietnam needs considerable international support in terms of concessional capital to take measures for concurrently ensuring national energy security and achieving net zero emissions by 2050, said Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien.
Vietnam becomes an energy importer: Not a good sign
Prior to 2015, exports of crude oil and coal contributed largely to Vietnam’s state budget. However, since 2015, with great fluctuations in energy import and export activities, Vietnam has become an energy importer. The rise of coal is clear evidence for Vietnam’s transition from an energy exporter to an energy importer.
Women coffee growers in Vietnam boost climate mitigation through agroforestry
Coffee agroforestry systems in Vietnam have significant capacity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by sequestering carbon and reducing the need for fertilizers, fungicides and other agricultural inputs, according to new research.
Vietnam electric car whizz takes ambitious road
Vietnam’s Tesla (TSLA.O) wannabe is speeding up. Carmaker Vinfast will stop making internal combustion engine models by the end of 2022 and aims to sell overseas as it goes all-electric. Its ambition to motor towards a 2022 U.S. listing, which Refinitiv publication IFR says could raise up to $3 billion, combines the clout of a […]
Laos allows private firms to study building power line to Vietnam
Vientiane (VNA) – The Lao Government has given the green light for two private companies to carry out a feasibility study on the construction of a 220kV transmission line which would carry electricity from five dams in northern Laos to Vietnam.
Vietnam EV market heats up with local, international automakers
Vietnam is following the vehicle electrification trend alongside the global automotive industry. Even though Vietnamese manufacturers are only starting to make electric vehicles (EV), the introduction of EVs by international and local automakers has spurred Vietnam-based automaker VinFast to ship EVs domestically and actively enter the US market, showing that Vietnam is sparing no energy […]
Vietnam: January 2022 updates to the new draft decision on corporate DPPA pilot program for renewable energy
On 11 January 2022, the Office of Government of Vietnam (OOG) issued Document No. 229/VPCP-CN to the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam (MOIT) for the next steps of updating the draft regulations on the implementation of the pilot program on the direct power purchase agreement (DPPA) mechanism between renewable energy power generation companies […]
