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.
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 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 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.
The RoK ranked fifth in per capita energy consumption among member states of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2016, the RoK's news agency Yonhap reported.
Indonesia and Bangladesh inked five cooperation deals on fishing, trade, diplomacy, energy and the import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) during Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s trip to Bangladesh from January 28.
Cities consume 70 percent of Vietnam’s total energy and discharge 70 percent of the country’s total carbon dioxide emissions, a policy dialogue announced in Hanoi on July 19.
Ho Chi Minh City has set a target of saving 2 - 2.5 percent of energy consumption per year between now and 2020, with a view to protecting the environment.