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Vietnam must invest to raise its fuel reserve capacity, said economists and policymakers during a conference on April 12 discussing how to encourage investment from the private sector in fuel infrastructure and to stabilise fuel supply and demand.

Ho Chi Minh City has set a target to save at least 2.2% of total energy consumption this year, which equals to 620 million kWh of electricity.

Cities play a vital role in efforts to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions and protect the environment, as they account for two thirds of the total energy consumption and 70% of greenhouse gas emissions.

The Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS) has set a goal of helping Vietnam's textile and garment industry be more environmentally friendly by 2030.

Developing energy-efficient buildings is an inevitable trend for Vietnam to achieve its environmental objectives.

Vietnam needs to urgently issue a list of sectors and facilities required to conduct GHG inventories, which will serve as foundation for developing a database on GHG emissions at the grassroots, according to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MoNRE).

Experts gathered at a forum in Hanoi on February 5 to discuss measures to reduce energy consumption in the transport system towards effective use of energy for economic development in the sector.

HCM City has set a target to save at least 2 percent of its total energy consumption each year in the 2021-2025 period.

Despite 50 percent of businesses applying the resource efficient and cleaner production (RECP), savings of fuel and energy consumption per product only achieved a ratio of 8-13 percent in 2016-2020.

Hanoi will strive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent by 2030, according to local authorities.

Vietnam aims to raise its renewable energy sources to 15-20 percent of the total energy supply by 2030 and 25-30 percent by 2045.

Hanoi is attempting to cut total energy consumption by 5 - 7 percent and bring electricity losses down to less than 4 percent by 2025, according to the municipal Department of Industry and Trade.

The Mekong Delta province of Ca Mau has set a target of becoming an energy centre of the region by 2030.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) held a national conference in Nha Trang city in south-central Khanh Hoa province on July 24 to discuss the implementation of the National Energy Efficiency Programme in 2019-2020 (VNEEP3).

Publicly listed gas company PGN in Indonesia will partner with a Chinese firm to boost its liquefied natural gas (LNG) development in China, PNG strategy and business development director Syahrial Mukthar said on February 19.

Demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) will continue to be strong, outpacing domestic production by 2020 requiring the country to import around one million cubic metres a year, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.

Applying new technologies is considered an effective way to save energy in industry amidst surging demand and certain problems in power supply, heard a forum in Hanoi on August 21.

A long-term plan for renewable energy sources such as solar and wind must be devised for Vietnam to realise its goal of connecting the entire country to the national grid, experts have said.

The Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) plans to focus its investigations on businesses that use high volumes of energy as part of its mission to save energy.

The 7th international exhibition on technology, equipment and solutions for electricity transmission and distribution (Electric & Power Vietnam 2018) opened in Ho Chi Minh City on September 12.