Vietnam remains fully committed to international actions to fight climate change, said Pham Van Tan, Deputy Director of the Meteorology, Hydrology and Climate Change under the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment.
Vietnam has called on countries around the world to raise the spirit of cooperation and harmonise their own interests with international concerns in coping with climate change.
The proposed offshore wind power project in the south central province of Binh Thuan will have a designed capacity of 3,400 MW and require total investments of nearly 12 billion USD, UK developer Enterprize Energy said.
The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) reported on December 10 that it has exploited over 11.31 million tonnes of crude oil, fulfilling this year’s target.
The list of top 500 largest enterprises in Vietnam (VNR500) has been unveiled, showing that Vietnam’s private sector continued to post strong growth with the compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) among private firms rising significantly, reaching 21.8 percent in the 2014-2017 period.
The benchmark VN-Index on the Ho Chi Minh Stock Exchange (HoSE) lost 2.7 points to close at 955.89 points on December 10.
The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) has reported an oil and gas production output of 22.1 million tonnes in the first 11 months of 2018, surpassing its target by 5.4 percent and fulfilling 96.8 percent of its yearly plan.
The Vietnam-US cooperation in gas power and infrastructure development in the liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector was the focus of a seminar in Ho Chi Minh City on December 6.
Argentina’s state-controlled energy company YPF and Malaysia’s Petronas will form a joint venture to invest 2.3 billion USD over the next four years in the Latin American country’s Vaca Muerta shale oil fields.
Three people were killed and 24 injured on December 4 when a powerful explosion rocked a shopping mall in the Malaysian state of Sarawak, but local officials said it was not caused by a bomb.
Politburo member and permanent member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Quoc Vuong is on a working visit to Mozambique from December 3-5.
Both indexes of the Vietnamese stock market ended in green on December 3, driven by the agreement between US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to ease trade tensions.
The recently-established Committee for the Management of State Capital at Enterprises (CMSC) will have a heavy workload to shoulder, needing great efforts exerted to overcome this challenge, according an expert.
The Binh Son Refining and PetroChemical JSC (BSR) completed several tasks for the year on November 23, 38 days earlier than planned.
Climate change is the biggest challenge to Vietnam and the agricultural sector, and farmers and the poor are the most vulnerable. In response, a number of measures have been taken by the country to mitigate climate change.
Vietnam could face power shortages in the early 2020s, heard a workshop in Hanoi on November 29.
The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) topped the Profit500 Ranking, which listed the 500 most profitable companies in Vietnam in 2018.
A workshop discussing measures to promote sustainable energy development in connection with environmental protection was held in Hanoi on November 29.
