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Siemens is helping the people of Lebanon rebuild in the wake of the tragic catastrophe of August 4. The company is quickly providing the stricken population with ultrasound systems and a mobile X-ray unit. In addition, Siemens Energy is offering to deliver and operate two gas turbines with a total electrical capacity of about 80 megawatts (MW) free of charge.

Siemens Managing Board decides to form worldwide aid fund to help relieve and combat the coronavirus pandemic. All this funds donated by employees to supplement numerous aid programs already in place at international Siemens units aim to help people stricken by the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide. Siemens' President and CEO lays foundation by donating €1 million.

Siemens will provide the equipment to upgrade the Hiep Phuoc 1 steam power plant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to a combined cycle power plant. This project will increase the plant’s electrical capacity by roughly 780 megawatts (MW) to approximately 1,200 MW.

VinFast, Vietnam’s first volume car manufacturer, has successfully produced its first cars ahead of schedule using Siemens’ portfolio of integrated software and hardware.

Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HCMUT) has appointed Siemens as its technology partner in a collaboration to develop the university’s Industrie 4.0 Lab. The partnership leverages Siemens’ expertise in Industrie 4.0 to strengthen HCMUT’s curricula, and aims to foster greater development in science and technology.

Siemens to supply 19 net-gas, off-gas and recycle gas compressors for crude flexibility project. The project will enable the refinery to process up to 420,000 barrels per day of offshore crude oil.

Vietnam is entering a very exciting time and digitalization is an opportunity for Vietnam to leapfrog and become an industrialized nation. Siemens is at the forefront of digital innovation. The company has already developed the relevant solutions for cities – for more efficiency, sustainability and security. Siemens is highly committed to being the partner of choice of Vietnamese customers, as well as supporting Vietnam in leading the way to digital transformation. Siemens recently organized its first Siemens Digitalization Day in Vietnam. On this occasion Vietnam Energy Review has arranged an interview with Mr. Cedrik Neike, Member of Siemens AG Managing Board.

Siemens has signed contracts with the state-owned utility General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) to expand Libya’s power generation capacity by approximately 1.3 gigawatts (GW). Under these contracts Siemens will build a 650 MW open cycle power plant in Misrata, equipped with two F-class gas turbines, and a 690 MW open cycle power plant in Tripoli West, equipped with four E‑class gas turbines.The total volume of EPC contracts, including long-term service agreements, is in the range of 700 million euros.

Today in Hanoi, Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) and Siemens have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote mutual cooperation in science and technology development towards Industry 4.0. As part of this MoU, HUST will consider Siemens as a technology partner and mobilize Siemens’ knowledge and experience in the development of its Digital Factory Lab while Siemens is committed to providing HUST with state-of-the-art technology so as to enable this leading technical university in Vietnam to sustain its world class quality in education and training, as well as to empowering the next generation of digital talent for Vietnam. In particular, Siemens will grant HUST 200 Solid Edge Licenses with a commercial value of about US$30,000 each.

As part of an extensive program to ensure a reliable national power supply in Vietnam, Siemens received an order from the state-run energy company, Electricity of Vietnam National Load Dispatch Centre (EVN NLDC), to improve the performance of the nationwide transmission grid. Siemens will supply and install products and systems for detecting and evaluating failure situations in the grid, for ensuring grid quality and for detecting and monitoring dynamic grid states.