Counsellor and head of the trade office of the Vietnam Embassy in India Bui Trung Thuong participated in the India Energy Week and the 9th Asian Ministerial Energy Roundtable (AMER9) which ran from February 6-8 in India.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a 107 million USD financing project with BIM Wind Power Joint Stock Company (BIM Wind) to assist the operation of an 88 MW wind farm in the south central province of Ninh Thuan.
It is a must to ensure energy self-sufficiency and balance in any circumstances, meeting energy demand in production, business, national defence and security, and other activities, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said while chairing a working session with the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) in Hanoi on March 16.
Hitachi SE's renewable energy business expanded its market to Vietnam by signing a strategic cooperation agreement with Trung Nam Wind Power Joint Stock Company of Trung Nam Group (TNG) in Ho Chi Minh City on May 14.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has predicted that Southeast Asia could become a net importer of fossil fuels in the next few years, raising the financial burden on governments and increasing carbon emissions in the region.
Many solar power plants have become operational in the southern region in the first half of 2019, showing part of the solar power development wave to meet the economic growth demand in Vietnam.
Southeast Asia’s overall energy demand is expected to increase nearly 60 percent by 2040 led by the growth of fossil fuel and oil in power generation and transport, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on October 24.
The Government, relevant departments and sectors should design more policies to support energy access for the poor, a seminar in Hanoi heard on October 30.
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