Mr Ousmane Dione, Country Director, Vietnam, World Bank2nd High Level Meeting of the Vietnam Energy Partnership Group on the sustainable Energy future for VietnamFull statement ...

On the move to reinforce electricity security, the Ministry of Energy has amended its Alternative Energy Development Plan (AEDP) 2018 to comply with the national electricity generating capacity development, increasing the ratio of electricity generation from renewable Energy sources to 29,358 megawatts by 2037.Keep reading ...

Investors who once rushed to invest in Vietnam’s fledging clean energy industry are now backing off due to unprofitability, further hindering the country’s dream of getting greener. The low price of electricity produced by wind and solar farms, as well as the lack of any ...

Solar power systems on the roof of houses in Vietnam can help households reduce 50 percent of their bills for monthly power consumption, contributing to protecting the environment, affirmed experts at a conference in Hanoi on August 22 to review one year of implementing documents ...

The second Asian and Pacific Energy Forum (APEF2) aims to focus on the region’s implementation of Sustainable Development Goal 7 (SDG 7). The Forum will review the progress achieved in the Asia-Pacific region in addressing Energy security challenges, assess the outlook based on scenarios and discuss ...

This section focuses mainly on the production, distribution and use of electrical energy in Laos. In Laos, electricity is a key source of energy for domestic economic activities and its export provides revenue from neighboring countries.1After an economic shift to an ‘open door’ policy in 1986, economic ...

Việt Nam imported 7.9 million tonnes of coal worth US$810 million in the first seven months of the year. The imports represented a 5.1 per cent decrease in terms of quantity and a 49.2 per cent increase in term of value compared the same period last ...

Southeast Asian governments are starting to wake up to the vast potential of solar energy, under pressure from civil society groups that insist it is time to get on board with a global revolution in renewable energy.[]This global change has lessons for Southeast Asia, especially ...

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) is encouraging companies not selected for power projects under its 5.2-gigawatt renewables scheme to participate in the second phase after the general election. In the first phase, 175 companies were selected by the ERC. They include B.Grimm Power Plc, which announced ...

Director of the Vietnam Institute of Economics Tran Dinh Thien has called for taking new approach to energy strategy, with saving energy in production and consumption as compulsory. Thien said Vietnam’s energy resources are abundant, but it is hard for Vietnam to compete due to high ...

Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is warning Thai exporters to brace for non-tariff barriers (NTBs), likely to be imposed by developed countries on their products, if Thailand fails to increase the proportion of renewable energy in its energy portfolio.FTI’s Renewable energy Industry Club chairman Suvit ...

To promote the utilization of energy efficiency in industries toward sustainable development, the Vietnam energy Conservation and energy Efficiency Association cooperated with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and GIZ to organize a National energy Efficiency in Industry Award 2017 and to promulgate the following ...

Vietnam is capable of generating 10 GW of electricity by offshore wind farms by 2030, suggested studies carried out by the Danish Energy Agency (DEA) and the World Bank (WB).The suggestion was presented at a workshop on recommended roadmap and policy for Vietnam to tap ...

The 3rd Annual Renewable Energy Week from 21 st Aug to 26 th Aug 2018 will focus on discussing how to remove barriers facing renewable Energy, making it feasible in Vietnam. A series of events will be held by Vietnam Sustainable Energy Alliance (VSEA) and the ...

The Ministry of Electricity and Energy will announce the winners of a tender to build a 300-megawatt power plant in Yangon next week, ministry officials said.The tender was issued in July for a five-year contract to supply 300MW of power to Yangon each day – ...

Singapore-based KrisEnergy Ltd. (KrisEnergy or the Company), an independent upstream oil and gas company, referred to the announcement dated Aug. 11 in relation to the acquisition of the entire issued and paid up share capital of Chevron Overseas Petroleum (Cambodia) Limited (COPCL) and announces the ...

A national energy efficiency policy is currently in development, officials told the Post last week. Experts at the Ministry of Industry, Mines, and energy (MIME) and the multi-donor fund EU energy Initiative Partnership Dialogue Facility (EUEI PDF) are in discussions about details of the policy, ...

Cambodia is expected to be able to produce about half the energy it needs by 2035, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB), but the Kingdom – along with its neighbours – should also consider integrating their energy grids, which would bring about more competitive ...

ASEAN senior officials on energy gathered here on Monday to discuss and prepare documents for the 30th ASEAN Ministers on energy Meeting and related meetings to be held on Sept. 12. The two-day preparatory meeting, under the theme “ASEAN Green Connectivity”, was chaired by Tun ...

Along with its rapid economic growth, Vietnam’s electricity demand is also increasing strongly, at around 10 percent a year, causing huge pressure on the energy sector, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.As a country with a tropical monsoon, and sun and wind all ...