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On April 19, 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam Energy Information Center (VEIC) in coordination with Korea Conformity Laboratories (KCL) held the International Scientific Seminar for “Technology on Building Energy Efficiency”. In the seminar, the experts from Vietnam and Korea presented the solutions on designs, applications of technology on energy efficiency and environmental protection for buildings, industrial zones, commercial centers, hotels… in Vietnam and Korea.

On November 18, the signing ceremony of a MOU on cooperation between the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam (MOIT) and the Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) took place. The MOU states an agreement on KEPCO to help constructing a model of an energy efficient building in Vietnam.

The 6th International Exhibition Fair on Environment and Energy Technology (ENTECH Hanoi 2014) will take place from May 21-23 in Hanoi.

At a July 19 conference on implementing the five-year action plan on energy efficiency in the 2019-2030 period, hosted by the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) in Lam Dong province, Deputy Minister Hoang Quoc Vuong urged relevant agencies to reduce the rate of energy consumption.

The Vice Prime Minister Trinh Dinh Dung has signed the Decision No 42/2018/QĐ -TTg on the list and roadmap to reject and do not use new energy equipment with the low efficiency.

On 20 November in Hanoi, Viet Nam’s first Viet Nam Energy Efficiency in Industry Award 2017 was officially launched. The Award is part the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (4E) Project, implemented by the Department of Energy Efficiency and Sustainable Development of MoIT and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

With the strong commitment of the Prime Minister of Vietnam at COP26: "Vietnam will conduct greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050", increasing the proportion of wind and solar power projects in the power system should be given the highest priority. Although the wind and solar power projects are the clean energy sources, but their instability is causing difficulties and increasing the operating costs of Vietnam's power system. Applying the energy/electricity storage systems becomes necessary and important today and in the future. The scientific workshop "Applying energy storage system and efficient technology for renewable energy projects in Vietnam" was organized by the Scientific Council of Vietnam Energy Magazine in Hanoi. The workshop was an opportunity for the relevant stakeholders to share demands, challenges and experiences in applying energy storage systems (ESS) in Vietnam.

On November 24, 2021, with the support of the State central management agencies, the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT), the Office of the National Steering Committee for Electricity Development (ONEDSC), the Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERAV), the Electricity of Vietnam (EVN), a number of Vietnamese and international organizations and enterprises… The Scientific Council of Vietnam Energy Magazine will organize a workshop on “Application of the energy storage systems and technologies for efficiency improvement of the renewable energy (RE) projects in Vietnam”.

With Vietnam set to become a net energy importer in the near future, renewable energy solutions such as solar power are becoming an urgent concern. Tran Van Thanh, executive director of the Vietnam Green Building Council, shared some of his insights into this sector with VIR.

 Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai has directed the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to build a free  market of gas (FMG) after 2020.

The JGCS general contractor (Affiliation of Contractors: JGC, GS, Chiyoda, SK E&C and Technip, leaded by JGC Japan) has handed CVL 6 (Civil 6) contract package (Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical Complex Project) to PetroVietnam Construction Joint-Stock Corporation (PVC). The total value of the package is around VND 500 billion.

On July 30, 2015, ASE – NIAEP Conjugate Company under Russian National Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) and Electricity of Vietnam (EVN) signed a Framework Agreement for implementing construction of the first stage  of Ninh Thuan 1 NPP with the two units by 1,200MW each.

The Government Office has just announced the conclusion of Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha at a meeting on building the legal framework for renewable energy (RE) and making the draft mechanism for the pilot direct power purchase agreement (DPPA).

Gao Jifan, chairman of the global PV and smart energy solutions provider Trina Solar, has used his appearance at the BloombergNEF Summit in Shanghai to tell his global peers about the way in which he sees the industry heading.

In a bid to improve the efficiency of industry promotion activities, southern cities and provinces are targeting a number of measures including building a common support mechanism, promoting the exchanges of industrial and handicraft products and encouraging investment into industrial zones and complexes.